title: [Current insights in malignant pleural mesothelioma].
abstract: Faced with the rising incidence of malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM), the medical community is now busy to improve the care for this pathology. Although there is still no unanimously recognized therapy for MPM, long survival has been observed for some patients treated with associated therapies (surgery + radiotherapy + chemotherapy). However, the detection and the aggressive care of early stages MPM must be justified by a demonstrated survival improvement with conservation of a good quality of life. This article tries to summarize current insights concerning epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of MPM. At now, more questions than responses exist concerning the care of this severe prognosis disease.
authors.affiliation: Département de médecine, Institut Gustave-Roussy, 39, rue Camille-Desmoulins, 94805 Villejuif Cedex.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bard
authors.forename: Denis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Debrosse
authors.forename: Raffaele
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Caliandro
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Girard
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Grunenwald
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ruffié
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001691:Biological Therapy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007167:Immunotherapy; D008168:Lung / Q000601:surgery; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000379:methods; D010994:Pleura / Q000601:surgery; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents