 Mesothelioma
"Mesothelioma" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1997 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mesothelioma" by people in Profiles.
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Renshaw AA, Nappi D, Swanson S, Sugarbaker DJ. Effusion cytology after extrapleural pneumonectomy for treatment of malignant mesothelioma. Am J Clin Pathol. 1997 Feb; 107(2):206-10.
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Renshaw AA, Dean BR, Antman KH, Sugarbaker DJ, Cibas ES. The role of cytologic evaluation of pleural fluid in the diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma. Chest. 1997 Jan; 111(1):106-9.
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Xiao S, Renshaw A, Cibas ES, Hudson TJ, Fletcher JA. Novel fluorescence in situ hybridization approaches in solid tumors. Characterization of frozen specimens, touch preparations, and cytological preparations. Am J Pathol. 1995 Oct; 147(4):896-904.
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