Multimodality Treatment in Case of Peritoneal Mesothelioma – A Case Report and Review of Literature

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Abstract

Peritoneal mesothelioma (PeM) represents around one fifth to one third of all mesothelioma. The incidence of PeM is approximately one per 1,000,000. Giving the fact of non-specificity of the symptoms, the diagnoses is usually delay. Multimodality treatment with adjuvant chemotherapy and cytoreductive surgery (CRS) and hyper thermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) improve the long term survival. Herein, this is a presentation of patient diagnosed with peritoneal mesothelioma with a review of literature.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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The datasets used in this study are openly available at [repository link] and the source code is available on GitHub at [GitHub link].

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This work did not receive any external funding.

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  • Classification

    NLMC CODE: QY 210

  • Version of record

    v1.0

  • Issue date

    29 December 2022

  • Language

    English

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