Malignant pleural mesothelioma: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up

Malignant pleural mesothelioma: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up - European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO)

• This ESMO Clinical Practice Guideline provides key recommendations for managing malignant pleural mesothelioma.

• The optimal diagnostic methods, pathological evaluation and staging are described.

• The authors make recommendations on the role of surgery and macroscopic complete resection as part of multimodality therapy.

• The authors discuss optimal first-line, maintenance and salvage systemic therapies and immune checkpoint inhibitors.

• The authors discuss the role of prophylactic, radical and palliative radiotherapy and optimal supportive care.


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