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Mesothelioma clinical presentation
1Division of Thoracic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. rbueno@bics.bwh.harvard.edu
Chest
|January 5, 2000
Abstract
Objectives:
Clinical teaching of treatment for mesothelioma
Design:
Case presentation
Setting:
Postgraduate course.
Patient:
A 52-year-old man with chest pain
Interventions:
Multimodality therapy consisted of surgery, intrapleural chemotherapy, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy.
Results:
Patient is alive and well 2 years after surgery.
Conclusions:
Aggressive trimodality therapy for mesothelioma is presented as a successful treatment option.