Abstract:Background: For patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM), a multimodality treatment concept including neoadjuvant chemotherapy and radical surgery offers improved overall survival. While the lung-sparing extended pleurectomy and decortication (EPD) has become the preferential surgical approach, the more aggressive extrapleural pneumonectomy (EPP) remains reserved for a selected group of patients.Based on our experience from the past two decades, we aim to discuss and assess today's role of EPP.Method… Show more
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