Surgery.
Used three types of surgery in the treatment of mesoepitelioma. Diagnostic surgery to obtain a sample for biopsy is performed by thoracoscopy (*), by laparoscopy or surgery or pleural mediatinoscopia open. Secondly, palliative surgery include partial pleurectomy pleurodesis, thoracoscopy with pleurodesis and more rarely, pleuroperitoneal shunt. The third is curative surgery involving extrapleural pneumonectomy in order to remove most of the tumor. In most centers, surgery is followed by adjuvant therapy. Not all patients are suitable for this procedure, which otherwise has a 6% mortality
Chemotherapy
Although there have been several chemotherapy regimens, none has proven to be curative. The two most useful (to the effect of reducing the tumor mass and improve the symptoms) are cisplatin + pemetrexed + gemcitabine and cistaplatino. In both cases, dexamethasone is recommended to add folic acid supplements and vitamin B12
Radiotherapy
Radiation therapy has been used for many years with disappointing results due to the diffuse nature of the tumor as it may cause radiation pneumonitis. Only one has been found effective when applied locally in the scar area after surgery to avoid the spread of tumor cells remains
Other treatments under investigation include immunotherapy, gene therapy, photodynamic therapy and some anti-angiogenic agents
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