A staging system helps doctors determine the ... cm across and hasn’t affected the bronchi or penetrated the visceral pleura (T1b), which covers the surface of each lung. It also hasn’t ...

The role of surgery for malignant pleural mesothelioma encompasses the need for rapid diagnosis, preoperative staging and surgical resection, and also the need for a greater biological ...

New York: The McGraw-Hill Company, 2009. Sugarbaker DJ, Norberto JJ, Swanson SJ. Surgical staging and work-up of patients with diffuse malignant pleural mesothelioma. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.

and pleural plaques, as well as the extent of tumor growth and invasion of local structures. [1] CT with PET can be useful for tumor staging and monitoring the response to treatment. In patients ...