ReviewFrontiers in oncology2019
Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: State-of-the-Art on Current Therapies and Promises for the Future.
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- Beyond CT and MRI: terahertz imaging as a frontier tool for early mesothelioma diagnosis.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2025Article
- Development of a Mesothelin-Binding Engineered Scaffold Protein as a Theranostic for Pleural Mesothelioma.Bioconjugate chemistry · 2025Article
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- Pleural mesothelioma patients and ex-exposed asbestos workers are immunologically poor responders to oncogenic Merkel cell polyomavirus.Translational lung cancer research · 2025Article
- Low-dose photodynamic therapy promotes vascular E-selectin expression in chest malignancies, improving immune infiltration and tumor control.Journal for immunotherapy of cancer · 2025Article
- PD-L1 pfeRNAs as blood-based predictors of treatment response of unresectable malignant pleural mesothelioma patients administered Durvalumab with cisplatin and pemetrexed as first-line therapy.Non-coding RNA research · 2025Article
- Genome-wide CRISPR screen identifies BUB1 kinase as a druggable vulnerability in malignant pleural mesothelioma.Cell death & disease · 2025Article
- An Overview of Cellular and Molecular Determinants Regulating Chemoresistance in Pleural Mesothelioma.Cancers · 2025Review
- The impact of age on the efficacy of radiotherapy in pleural mesothelioma patients receiving trimodality therapy: a population-based study of the SEER database.Journal of thoracic disease · 2024Article
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- Combination of EZH2 and ATM inhibition in BAP1-deficient mesothelioma.British journal of cancer · 2024Article
- Case report: complete response and long-term survival on third-line immunotherapy in patient with pleural mesothelioma.Frontiers in oncology · 2024Article
- The Current Treatment Landscape of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma and Future Directions.Cancers · 2023Review
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- The use of RNA-based treatments in the field of cancer immunotherapy.Molecular cancer · 2023Review
- Individualized prediction of survival benefit from postoperative radiotherapy for patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma.Cancer medicine · 2023Article
- Human arginase I: a potential broad-spectrum anti-cancer agent.3 Biotech · 2023Review
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Abstract
Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a rare, aggressive cancer of the pleural surface associated with asbestos exposure. The median survival of MPM patients is a mere 8-14 months, and there are few biomarkers and no cure available. It is hoped that, eventually, the incidence of MPM will drop and remain low and constant, given that most nations have banned the use of asbestos, but in the meantime, the incidence in Europe is still growing. The exact molecular mechanisms that explain the carcinogenicity of asbestos are not known. Standard therapeutic strategies for MPM include surgery, often coupled with chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy, in a small percentage of eligible patients and chemotherapy in tumors considered unresectable with or without adjuvant radiotherapy. In recent years, several new therapeutic avenues are being explored. These include angiogenesis inhibitors, synthetic lethal treatment, miRNA replacement, oncoviral therapies, and the fast-growing field of immunotherapy alone or in combination with chemotherapy. Of particular promise are the multiple options offered by immunotherapy: immune checkpoint inhibitors, tumor vaccines, and therapies taking advantage of tumor-specific antigens, such as specific therapeutic antibodies or advanced cell-based therapies exemplified by the CAR-T cells. This review comprehensively presents both old and new therapeutic options in MPM, focusing on the results of the numerous recent and on-going clinical trials in the field, including the latest data presented at international meetings (AACR, ASCO, and ESMO) this year, and concludes that more work has to be done in the framework of tailored therapies to identify reliable targets and novel biomarkers to impact MPM management.
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