Malignant mesothelioma: New insights into a rare disease
| Autor: | Pilar Lianes, Rosa Querol, Montserrat Zanui, Montserrat Velasco, Jordi Remon, S. Martínez |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Mesothelioma
Cisplatin medicine.medical_specialty Chemotherapy business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) medicine.medical_treatment General Medicine Malignancy medicine.disease Carboplatin Surgery Clinical trial chemistry.chemical_compound Oncology chemistry Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Intensive care medicine business Rare disease medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Cancer Treatment Reviews. 39:584-591 |
| ISSN: | 0305-7372 |
| Popis: | Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a rare and aggressive malignancy of the pleura associated with exposure to asbestos. Its incidence is anticipated to increase over the next 10years in both Europe and the developing nations. In advanced disease, chemotherapy is the cornerstone of treatment, especially platinum-containing regimens. Most efforts are directed toward improving standard first-line therapy or developing effective second-line therapy, which is still not yet standardized 10years after the first-line standard of care was established. This review focuses on the systemic management of MPM in patients who are not considered suitable for surgical approaches, and it discusses some questions that remain open such as the benefits of administering a maintenance treatment, whether it is better to give cisplatin or carboplatin as first-line therapy, the role of new drugs as second-line therapy, and the treatment of the elderly population. It also summarizes the results from clinical trials that have evaluated new treatments as first- or second-line therapy, which are based on the understanding of mesothelioma biology, such as antiangiogenic drugs, immunotherapies and growth factors agents. |
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