Surgery for pleural mesothelioma, when it is indicated and why: arguments against surgery for malignant pleural mesothelioma
Woodard GA, Jablons DM. Surgery for pleural mesothelioma, when it is indicated and why: arguments against surgery for malignant pleural mesothelioma. Translational Lung Cancer Research 2020, 9: s86-s91. PMID: 32206574, PMCID: PMC7082252, DOI: 10.21037/tlcr.2020.01.08.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMalignant pleural mesotheliomaExtrapleural pneumonectomyPleural mesotheliomaSurvival timePleurectomy decorticationSurgical resectionPatient selectionRetrospective single-institution reviewHigh perioperative mortality rateLonger overall survival timeLimited disease burdenMajor surgical resectionRadiation therapy trialsRadical Surgery trialPerioperative mortality rateSingle-institution reviewOverall survival timeShorter survival timeBiased patient selectionLonger survival timeElevated CRPAdvanced diseaseElevated plateletNodal diseaseMPM patients