Malignant pleural mesothelioma can be diagnosed through a minimally invasive surgery called video-review: “the test – said Dr. Mark Alloisio, Head of Thoracic Surgery Humanitas – is symptomatic treatment as well as diagnostic, as during surgery the supernatant pleural fluid relieved the patient.
Furthermore, more studies emphasize how the Tri-modal approach is the most effective therapy against mesothelioma. This treatment uses chemotherapy, surgery and radiotherapy, and has tripled survival.
From the surgical point of view – Alloisio says – a statement is now being represented by extra pleural penumonectomia, which allows the removal of the pleura, the lung and the pericardium and diaphragm. (more…)
