Detection of TGF-β in pleural effusions for diagnosis and prognostic stratification of malignant pleural mesothelioma
Stockhammer P, Ploenes T, Theegarten D, Schuler M, Maier S, Aigner C, Hegedus B. Detection of TGF-β in pleural effusions for diagnosis and prognostic stratification of malignant pleural mesothelioma. Lung Cancer 2019, 139: 124-132. PMID: 31778960, DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2019.11.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMalignant pleural mesotheliomaNon-malignant pleural diseasePleural effusionMPM patientsPleural mesotheliomaPrognostic stratificationNon-epithelioid malignant pleural mesotheliomaStage IV lung cancerEpithelioid malignant pleural mesotheliomaInferior overall survivalTGF-β levelsLevels of TGFLung cancer patientsChest CT scanOverall survivalSMRP levelsClinicopathological characteristicsDismal prognosisPleural diseaseTumor loadAggressive malignancyDisease stageCancer patientsLung cancerPrimary diagnosis1849P Pleural effusion TGF-beta is highly diagnostic and prognostic in malignant pleural mesothelioma
Stockhammer P, Ploenes T, Schuler M, Langer S, Aigner C, Hegedus B. 1849P Pleural effusion TGF-beta is highly diagnostic and prognostic in malignant pleural mesothelioma. Annals Of Oncology 2019, 30: v750-v751. DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdz266.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMalignant pleural mesotheliomaNon-malignant pleural diseaseTGF-β levelsMPM patientsPleural mesotheliomaNon-epithelioid malignant pleural mesotheliomaMultivariate Cox regression modelWorse overall survivalCox regression modelFuture clinical trialsPleural effusion samplesAdvanced diseaseMultimodality treatmentOverall survivalDismal prognosisEpithelioid tumorsPleural effusionPleural diseaseAggressive malignancyClinical trialsPrognostic biomarkerPatientsReliable biomarkersEffusion samplesSignificant negative correlation