"Mesothelioma" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A tumor derived from mesothelial tissue (peritoneum, pleura, pericardium). It appears as broad sheets of cells, with some regions containing spindle-shaped, sarcoma-like cells and other regions showing adenomatous patterns. Pleural mesotheliomas have been linked to exposure to asbestos. (Dorland, 27th ed)
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D008654
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.557.470.035.510 C04.557.470.660.510
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mesothelioma" by people in Profiles.
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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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Characterization of the nuclear factor-kappa B responsiveness of the human dio2 gene. Endocrinology. 2006 Sep; 147(9):4419-29.
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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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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.