Journal of Oncology Medicine & Practice

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Taoyuan General Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taoyuan City, Taiwan

Publications

• Case Series   
  Lung-sparing Decortication Pleurectomy with Intraoperative Adjuvant Therapy for Malignant Mesothelioma: A Single Institute Experience in Taiwan
  Author(s): Hwailuh Chang, Jih-Tung Pai, Cho-Yin Lee and Yei-San Hsieh*
  
  Background: In Taiwan, the incidence of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (MPM) has been increasing over the past three to four decades. This study aimed to analyze the outcomes and overall survival rates in patients undergoing cytoreductive lung-sparing decortication pleurectomy surgery and intraoperative adjuvant therapy (hyperthermic intrathoracic chemotherapy or photodynamic therapy) for malignant pleural mesothelioma at a single center in Taiwan. Methods: This was a retrospective review of patients who underwent cytoreductive lung-sparing decortication pleurectomy surgery and intraoperative adjuvant therapy for malignant pleural mesothelioma from April 2013 to December 2021. Results: A total of 17 patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma underwent surgery. There was one case of surgical mortality .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/2576-3857.2024.9.224

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