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Prolonged Survival Due To Spontaneous Regression And Surgical Excision Of Malignant Mesothelioma

Pilling et al., 2007Mesothelioma

Pilling, J. E., Nicholson, A. G., Harmer, C., & Goldstraw, P. (2007). Prolonged survival due to spontaneous regression and surgical excision of malignant mesothelioma. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 83(1), 314-315. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.05.070

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.

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