@inbook{708fecab7598478f9a32a35b7cf4f377,
title = "Surgery Approaches in Mesothelioma",
abstract = "The role of surgical resection in malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is controversial, but cancer-directed surgery has yielded long-term survivors and demonstrated 15% 5-year survival. The two operations developed for surgical resection, extrapleural pneumonectomy (EPP), and radical or extended pleurectomy/decortication (P/D) are described. In addition, this chapter summarizes the preoperative, perioperative, and postoperative management of these patients and the results of studies evaluating both procedures. Data and clinical experience suggest that P/D is better tolerated by patients, and evidence suggests survival is not worse. Although EPP is still performed in selected cases, the authors advocate radical P/D for most patients with MPM.",
keywords = "Extrapleural pneumonectomy, Malignant pleural mesothelioma, Pleurectomy/decortication, Surgical resection",
author = "Andrea Wolf and Raja Flores",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017, Springer International Publishing AG.",
year = "2017",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-319-53560-9_13",
language = "English",
series = "Current Cancer Research",
publisher = "Springer Nature",
pages = "279--294",
booktitle = "Current Cancer Research",
address = "United States",
}