Thoracic Malignancies

Mesothelioma

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Would you consider radiotherapy for unresectable malignant pleural mesothelioma in an asymptomatic patient?

In a non-surgical candidate, would you consider adding radiotherapy sequenced with chemotherapy at any point? Or do you reserve it for palliative purp...

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How are you choosing between ipilimumab/nivolumab versus platinum/pemetrexed for unresectable epithelioid mesotheliomas?

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Is carboplatin/pemetrexed as effective as cisplatin/pem in treatment of unresectable malignant pleural mesothelioma in a patient with contraindication to cisplatin?

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Is there evidence of clinical benefit to proceeding with partial pleurectomy / decortication over palliative chemotherapy with BSC (pleurex catheter, pleurodesis) in a patient with mesothelioma who is not a candidate for extra-pleural pneumectomy?

What factors influence your decisions to offer neoadjuvant chemotherapy?

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Papers discussed in this category

Lancet, 2014-09-20

Efficacy and cost of video-assisted thoracoscopic partial pleurectomy versus talc pleurodesis in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma (MesoVATS): an open-label, randomised, controlled trial.

Lancet, 2021 Jan 21

First-line nivolumab plus ipilimumab in unresectable malignant pleural mesothelioma (CheckMate 743): a multicentre, randomised, open-label, phase 3 trial.

Ann Oncol,

Outcomes to first-line pembrolizumab in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer and very high PD-L1 expression.

Thoracic Malignancies

Mesothelioma

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