News on the treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma


Submitted: 11 July 2016
Accepted: 11 July 2016
Published: 15 June 2015
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  • F. Grosso Unità Funzionale Interaziendale Mesotelioma – S.C. Oncologia, ASO SS Antonio e Biagio e C Arrigo, Alessandria, Italy.
  • R. Libener Genetica – S.C. Anatomia Patologica ASO SS Antonio e Biagio e C Arrigo, Alessandria, Italy.
  • A. Roveta SSA SPS - Clinical Trial Center ASO SS Antonio e Biagio e C Arrigo, Alessandria, Italy.
  • L. Randi SSA SPS - Clinical Trial Center ASO SS Antonio e Biagio e C Arrigo, Alessandria, Italy.
  • F. Ugo SSA SPS - Clinical Trial Center ASO SS Antonio e Biagio e C Arrigo, Alessandria, Italy.
  • M. Bertolotti SSA SPS - Clinical Trial Center ASO SS Antonio e Biagio e C Arrigo, Alessandria, Italy.
  • M. D’Angelo Centro Sanitario Amianto ASL AL, Italy.
  • D. Degiovanni Unità Funzionale Interaziendale Mesotelioma – SS Cure Palliative ASL AL – Casale Mto, Italy.
  • G. Ferretti SC Malattie dell’Apparato Respiratorio ASO SS Antonio e Biagio, Alessandria, Italy.

Every year in Italy there are about 1200-1400 new cases of pleural mesothelioma with an incidence of 3.84/100000/year in men and 1.45/100000/year in women, therefore lower than the threshold of 6/100000/year that classify it as a rare tumor according to the Eurocare definition. Doing clinical research in the field of rare cancers is difficult, given the smallness of the sample: this leads to a lack of evidence that makes clinical decision more complicated and ultimately results in greater difficulty in maintaining a good quality of care.


Grosso, F., Libener, R., Roveta, A., Randi, L., Ugo, F., Bertolotti, M., D’Angelo, M., Degiovanni, D., & Ferretti, G. (2015). News on the treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma. Working Paper of Public Health, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.4081/wpph.2015.6696

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