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ReviewTherapeutic advances in respiratory disease2016

Malignant pleural mesothelioma: an update on diagnosis and treatment options.

Sanjana Kondola, David Manners, Anna K Nowak

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Review in Therapeutic advances in respiratory disease, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. NCCN Guidelines Insights: Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma, Version 3.2016.Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN · 2016
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Sanjana KondolaDepartment of Medical Oncology, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia.
David MannersDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia.
Anna K NowakSchool of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, M503 35 Stirling Hwy Crawley, WA 6009 Australia anna.nowak@uwa.edu.au.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) represents a significant diagnostic and therapeutic challenge and is almost always a fatal disease. Imaging abnormalities are common, but have a limited role in distinguishing mesothelioma from metastatic pleural disease. Similarly, minimally invasive biomarkers have shown promise but also have limitations in the diagnosis of mesothelioma. In experienced centers, cytology and immunohistochemistry are now sufficient to diagnose the epithelioid subtype of mesothelioma, which can reduce the need for more invasive diagnostic investigations. Prognosis of MPM is modestly impacted by oncological treatments. Chemotherapy with cisplatin and pemetrexed is considered the standard of care, though the addition of bevacizumab to the platinum doublet may be the new standard of care. New targeted therapies have demonstrated some promise and are being addressed in clinical trials. This review focuses on the current data on the diagnostic and therapeutic issues of MPM.

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Molecular Targeted TherapyAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBevacizumabBiomarkers, TumorCisplatinHumansLung NeoplasmsMesotheliomaMesothelioma, MalignantPemetrexedPleural NeoplasmsPrognosisBevacizumabBiomarkers, TumorCisplatinPemetrexedangiogenesischemotherapyclinical trialsdiagnosisimmunotherapymesotheliomasymptom management

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PMID26873306
PMCPMC5933604

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