Patterns of care and survival of older patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 573-576 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony Linton ◽  
Prunella Blinman ◽  
Steven Kao ◽  
Nico van Zandwijk
Keyword(s):  
Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma ◽  
Older Patients ◽  
Patterns Of Care ◽  
Pleural Mesothelioma

Patterns of Care in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma at Academic Versus Non-Academic Centers

2017 ◽  
Vol 99 (2) ◽  
pp. E438-E439
Author(s):  
A. Bajaj ◽  
W. Adams ◽  
K.S. Albain ◽  
W. Vigneswaran ◽  
J. Lubawski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma ◽  
Patterns Of Care ◽  
Pleural Mesothelioma

scholarly journals Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma and Lung Cancer in a Very Young Age

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Thin Layer ◽  
Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma ◽  
Older Patients ◽  
Clinical Presentation ◽  
Young Patients ◽  
Pleural Mesothelioma ◽  
Younger Patients ◽  
The Third ◽  
History Of

The presence of cancer of the lungs is rare in adolescent patients, particularly in those under 20 years of age. A cancer that begins in the lungs is most often found in older patients with a history of tobacco use. In literature cancer in younger patients mostly meditational origins. Hence, we found two cases of lung cancer in a 15 and 17 years old male with different clinical presentation and history. In this paper, we hope to illustrate the unique challenges in diagnosing and treating young patients with lung cancer. The third case is 29 years old young man with malignant pleural mesothelioma which is a rare, invasive and often fatal neoplasm that develops in the thin layer of tissue surrounding the lungs known as the pleura. Although rare, mesotheliomas do occur in the young; their characteristics are distinct from those of older patients.

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