title: [Therapeutic strategy for pleural mesothelioma].
abstract: Generally pleural mesothelioma is divided into two histologic types: localized and diffuse. Most cases of the former are considered to be benign and the latter malignant. The treatment strategy for these tumors has been investigated, including various surgical and chemotherapeutic approaches. In spite of these efforts. no curative method for malignant mesothelioma has been established yet, although the gene therapy is expected to be the most powerful tool in the near future.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shirakusa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okabayashi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*