Sarcopenia and Pleural Mesothelioma: The Current Knowledge

ND Karakousis, KI Gourgoulianis, N Papanas… - Muscles, 2024 - mdpi.com
Pleural mesothelioma (PM) is a tumor related to adverse prognosis. The PM WHO
classification has mainly identified three major subtypes of PM which are epithelioid …

Sarcopenia as a Predictor of Short-and Long-Term Outcomes in Patients Surgically Treated for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

E Faccioli, S Terzi, C Giraudo, A Zuin, A Modugno… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is an aggressive asbestos-related
tumor with a poor prognosis. Surgery, often considered in the context of multimodality …

Sarcopenia, Precardial Adipose Tissue and High Tumor Volume as Outcome Predictors in Surgically Treated Pleural Mesothelioma

OG Verhoek, L Jungblut, O Lauk, C Blüthgen, I Opitz… - Diagnostics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: We evaluated the prognostic value of Sarcopenia, low precardial adipose-
tissue (PAT), and high tumor-volume in the outcome of surgically-treated pleural …

Mesothelioma is associated with ipsilateral thoracic muscle loss

AC Kidd, A Winter, L Miller, W Baird, C Dick, D Pearce… - 2020 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Introduction: Few studies have examined patterns or factors associated with skeletal muscle
loss (sarcopenia) in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (MPM). In other cancers, sarcopenia is …

Body composition and nutritional status in malignant pleural mesothelioma: implications for activity levels and quality of life

E Jeffery, YCG Lee, RU Newton, P Lyons-Wall… - European journal of …, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract Background/Objectives Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is an incurable
cancer and optimizing daily physical activity and quality of life are key goals of patient …

[HTML][HTML] Malignant pleural mesothelioma: a population-based study of survival

MT Milano, H Zhang - Journal of Thoracic Oncology, 2010 - Elsevier
Introduction: This study characterizes the overall survival (OS) and variables affecting OS in
patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma. Methods: A total of 9701 patients with …

Changes in body composition in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma and the relationship with activity levels and dietary intake

E Jeffery, YCG Lee, RU Newton, P Lyons-Wall… - European journal of …, 2022 - nature.com
Background Skeletal muscle loss is common in advanced cancer and is associated with
negative outcomes. In malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM), no study has reported body …

Sarcopenia and Mediastinal Adipose Tissue as a Prognostic Marker for Short-and Long-Term Outcomes after Primary Surgical Treatment for Lung Cancer

F Ponholzer, G Groemer, C Ng, H Maier, P Lucciarini… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Surgical resection is the current gold standard of treatment for early-stage
lung cancer. With the rising age and number of patients, prognostic factors for morbidity and …

Determinants of survival in malignant pleural mesothelioma: a surveillance, epidemiology, and end results (SEER) study of 14,228 patients

E Taioli, AS Wolf, M Camacho-Rivera, A Kaufman… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Left untreated, malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is associated with
uniformly poor prognosis. Better survival has been reported with surgery-based …

Impact of pleural thickness on occurrence of postoperative complications in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma

T Ito, S Nakamura, Y Kadomatsu, H Ueno… - Annals of Surgical …, 2023 - Springer
Objectives The rates of postoperative mortality and morbidity are high in patients with
malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). Therefore, it is important to identify variables that …