[Pleural mesothelioma. A case report]
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Generation and Expansion of Primary, Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Tumor Lines
Published on: April 21, 2022
M Della Vittoria Scarpati1, V Parascandolo, M Santini
1Istituto di Chirurgia Toracica, II Università, Napoli.
Abstract:
Malignant mesothelioma can be considered a rare neoplasm, very aggressive, chemo- and radio-resistant, characterized by high percentage of mortality and precarious quality of life. Surgery, radio- and chemo-therapy must be administered with articulate strategy and with realistic objective of palliation. Our experience can represent a model in this direction: we treated a patient with palliative surgery and following loco-regional and "maintenance" systemic chemotherapy with taxol at minimal efficacious dosage (135 mg/m2 every 3 weeks). After 27 months the patient is alive and with a good quality of life.
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