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Mesothelioma
Treatment
Articles
and Abstracts
These
articles may offer a comprehensive review
of current diagnostic tools for
mesothelioma, or they may analyze specific
diagnostic approaches separately. They
will also cover topics such as markers for
the early recognition of the disease or
its recurrence following therapy.
Laparoscopy
and mesothelioma
At
present, exploratory laparoscopy offers
the quickest, safest, and least
invasive way to confirm the clinical
diagnosis of peritoneal malignant
mesothelioma. - J
Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A 1999
Oct;9(5):433-7
Medical
thoracoscopy in the diagnosis of
unexplained pleural
effusion.
Approximately
20% of pleural effusions remain without
an established aetiology after
evaluation. Thoracoscopy has a very
high sensitivity for the diagnosis of
both benign and malignant diseases and
greatly increases the diagnostic yield
for pleural effusion. - Respirology
1998 Jun;3(2):77-80
Evaluation
of Membranous Staining of
Mesothelioma
While
epithelial membrane antigen (EMA) and
human milk fat globule-2 (HMFG-2) are
each reported to stain the majority of
cases of adenocarcinoma and
mesothelioma, authors have reported
that the pattern of staining for these
two antibodies can be a useful
discriminant. - Cell
Vis 1998 Jan-Feb;5(1):24-7
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