Extra-pleural pneumonectomy versus no extra-pleural pneumonectomy for patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma: clinical outcomes of the Mesothelioma and Radical Surgery (MARS) randomised feasibility study

Treasure, Tom; Lang-Lazdunski, Loı̈c; Waller, David; M. Bliss, Judith; Tan, Carol; Entwisle, James; Snee, M.; Claire O’Brien, Mary; Thomas, Gill; Senan, Suresh; J. O’Byrne, Kenneth; Kilburn, Lucy; Spicer, James; Landau, David; Edwards, John; Coombes, Gill; Darlison, Liz; Peto, Julian

doi:10.1016/s1470-2045(11)70149-8

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Extra-pleural pneumonectomy versus no extra-pleural pneumonectomy for patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma: clinical outcomes of the Mesothelioma and Radical Surgery (MARS) randomised feasibility study

Published in The Lancet Oncology • Jul 5, 2011

Authors:

Tom Treasure

Loı̈c Lang-Lazdunski

David Waller

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The effects of extra-pleural pneumonectomy (EPP) on survival and quality of life in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma have, to our knowledge, not been assessed in a randomised trial. We aimed to assess the clinical outcomes of patients who were randomly assigned to EPP or no E...

Subject

Medicine

Mesothelioma

Surgery

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