Doctors Object to Lung Removal Procedures for Mesothelioma Patients

Doctors at the 1st International Symposium on Lung-Sparing Therapies for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma in Santa Monica, CA have unanimously decided against using radical lung removal procedures to treat patients who are suffering from malignant pleural mesothelioma.

Experts and physicians at the symposium analyzed data gathered from both cancer centers around the U.S. and a U.K.-based Mesothelioma and Radical Surgery trial. Additionally, those at the symposium heard presentations from experts who addressed the potential complications caused by extrapleural pneumonectomies, or the removal of the lung.

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By the end of the day-long symposium, Dr. Robert B. Cameron, who is the chairman of the event in addition to being the director of the UCLA Mesothelioma Research Program, said that the attendants were