Is the patient with mesothelioma without hope

作者: Alexander PWM Maat , Robin Cornelissen , Ad JJC Bogers , Johanna JM Takkenberg

DOI: 10.2217/FON.15.184

关键词:

摘要: Hope is a very important mindset for malignant pleural mesothelioma patients as their cancer has grim prognosis and limited therapeutic options. In this paper, we briefly discuss what hope means patient how can help to cope with disease. addition, false hope. We also touch on few of the new therapies currently under development.

参考文章(16)
Donna Lou Udelman, Hope and the immune system Stress Medicine. ,vol. 2, pp. 7- 12 ,(1986) , 10.1002/SMI.2460020105
J. Remon, N. Reguart, J. Corral, P. Lianes, Malignant pleural mesothelioma: new hope in the horizon with novel therapeutic strategies. Cancer Treatment Reviews. ,vol. 41, pp. 27- 34 ,(2015) , 10.1016/J.CTRV.2014.10.007
Laura Donahoe, John Cho, Marc de Perrot, Novel Induction Therapies for Pleural Mesothelioma Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. ,vol. 26, pp. 192- 200 ,(2014) , 10.1053/J.SEMTCVS.2014.08.003
Tom Treasure, Loic Lang-Lazdunski, David Waller, Judith M Bliss, Carol Tan, James Entwisle, Michael Snee, Mary O'Brien, Gill Thomas, Suresh Senan, Ken O'Byrne, Lucy S Kilburn, James Spicer, David Landau, John Edwards, Gill Coombes, Liz Darlison, Julian Peto, Extra-pleural pneumonectomy versus no extra-pleural pneumonectomy for patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma: clinical outcomes of the Mesothelioma and Radical Surgery (MARS) randomised feasibility study Lancet Oncology. ,vol. 12, pp. 763- 772 ,(2011) , 10.1016/S1470-2045(11)70149-8
Samuel Brod, Lorenza Rattazzi, Giuseppa Piras, Fulvio D'Acquisto, ‘As above, so below’ examining the interplay between emotion and the immune system Immunology. ,vol. 143, pp. 311- 318 ,(2014) , 10.1111/IMM.12341
Jo Marchant, Immunology: The pursuit of happiness Nature. ,vol. 503, pp. 458- 460 ,(2013) , 10.1038/503458A
Rhian S. Finn, Fraser J.H. Brims, Arjun Gandhi, Nola Olsen, A. William Musk, Nick A. Maskell, Y. C. Gary Lee, Postmortem findings of malignant pleural mesothelioma: a two-center study of 318 patients Chest. ,vol. 142, pp. 1267- 1273 ,(2012) , 10.1378/CHEST.11-3204
Marina Di Lello Finuoli, ATUL GAWANDE, Being Mortal. Illness, Medicine, and What Matters in the End, Profile Books, London, 2014 RIVISTA ITALIANA DI MEDICINA LEGALE. pp. 365- 367 ,(2015)
Van Meerbeeck Jp, Surmont Vf, Hiddinga Bi, Management of malignant pleural mesothelioma: have we made any progress? Panminerva Medica. ,vol. 55, pp. 157- 173 ,(2013)
Jack L Pinkus, John Godleski, Lucian R Chirieac, Geraldine S Pinkus, Joseph M Corson, David J Sugarbaker, The immunohistochemical characterization of sarcomatoid malignant mesothelioma of the pleura American Journal of Cancer Research. ,vol. 1, pp. 14- 24 ,(2011)