"Pleural Neoplasms" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Neoplasms of the thin serous membrane that envelopes the lungs and lines the thoracic cavity. Pleural neoplasms are exceedingly rare and are usually not diagnosed until they are advanced because in the early stages they produce no symptoms.
| Descriptor ID |
D010997
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.588.894.797.640 C08.528.694 C08.785.640
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| Concept/Terms |
Pleural Neoplasms- Pleural Neoplasms
- Neoplasms, Pleural
- Neoplasm, Pleural
- Pleural Neoplasm
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pleural Neoplasms" by people in Profiles.
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Primary Pericardial Mesothelioma: A Population-Based Propensity Score-Matched Analysis. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022; 34(3):1113-1119.
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High dose irradiation after pleurectomy/decortication or biopsy for pleural mesothelioma treatment. Cancer Radiother. 2017 Dec; 21(8):766-773.
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Multimodality treatment of pleural mesothelioma. Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2013 Apr; 22(2):345-55.
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A 74-year-old man with an enlarging pleural-based mass that was not a mesothelioma. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2009 Jun; 57(4):244-6.
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Invited commentary. Ann Thorac Surg. 2008 Aug; 86(2):395.
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Malignant biphasic pleural mesothelioma metastatic to the liver diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration. Diagn Cytopathol. 2006 Jan; 34(1):33-6.
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Patterns of failure after trimodality therapy for malignant pleural mesothelioma. Ann Thorac Surg. 1997 Feb; 63(2):334-8.
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Pleural mesotheliomas have an integrin profile distinct from visceral carcinomas. Hum Pathol. 1997 Jan; 28(1):84-90.
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Extrapleural pneumonectomy in the multimodality therapy of malignant pleural mesothelioma. Results in 120 consecutive patients. Ann Surg. 1996 Sep; 224(3):288-94; discussion 294-6.
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Mesothelioma and radical multimodality therapy: who benefits? Chest. 1995 Jun; 107(6 Suppl):345S-350S.