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SUBMITTER: Chan WH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5504117 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chan Warren Ho WH Sugarbaker David J DJ Burt Bryan M BM
Translational lung cancer research 20170601 3
Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a rapidly fatal disease. Multimodality surgically based therapies may extend survival in select patients, however, local relapse after resection is common. Novel intraoperative adjunctive therapies including heated intraoperative chemotherapy (HIOC), heated intraoperative povidone-iodine (PVP-I), and photodynamic therapy (PDT) target micrometastatic disease and aim to improve local control. This review details the most recent studies and trials of HIOC, he ...[more]