Article
Progress and challenges in Mesothelioma: From bench to bedside.
Respiratory medicine - 1 Jan 2018
Blyth Kevin G, Murphy Daniel J
Abstract excerpt
Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (MPM) is currently an incurable cancer with a typical survival of 1 year from the time of diagnosis. The recent genomic and transcriptomic characterization of MPM presents new opportunities and challenges for MPM researchers. Recent advances in clinical and laboratory diagnostics, and proposals for an updated, data-driven, staging system, also present new challenges for clinicians...
Topics
- Biomarkers, Tumor
- Biopsy
- Humans
- Lung Neoplasms
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Mesothelioma
- Mesothelioma, Malignant
- Mutation
- Neoplasm Staging
- Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography
- Translational Research, Biomedical
