title: Prolonged survival due to spontaneous regression and surgical excision of malignant mesothelioma.
abstract: We report a case of malignant pleural mesothelioma with histologically proven spontaneous regression of pleural disease. During a 12-year follow-up there was a single recurrence, which was a lesion in the chest wall at 6 years that was surgically excised. A prominent host response to tumor was seen in both the primary tumor and the recurrence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: John E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Pilling
authors.forename: Andrew G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Nicholson
authors.forename: Clive
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Harmer
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Goldstraw
mesh_terms: D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009365:Neoplasm Regression, Spontaneous; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*