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SUBMITTER: Kondola S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5933604 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kondola Sanjana S Manners David D Nowak Anna K AK
Therapeutic advances in respiratory disease 20160212 3
Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) represents a significant diagnostic and therapeutic challenge and is almost always a fatal disease. Imaging abnormalities are common, but have a limited role in distinguishing mesothelioma from metastatic pleural disease. Similarly, minimally invasive biomarkers have shown promise but also have limitations in the diagnosis of mesothelioma. In experienced centers, cytology and immunohistochemistry are now sufficient to diagnose the epithelioid subtype of mesot ...[more]