[MULTIMODAL APPROACH IN THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH MALIGNANT PLEURAL LESIONS]

Vopr Onkol. 2015;61(3):401-6.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

The study includes data on 54 patients with pleural malignant lesions (39 with metastatic pleural malignant tumors and 15 with pleural malignant mesothelioma) received treatment using a multimodal approach: maximum cytoreduction, intraoperative photodynamic therapy and hyperthermic chemoperfusion of pleural cavity. A control group of patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma consisted of 21 patients who had undergone only conservative treatment. It was found out that the use two-thoracotomy surgical approach had advantages over standard thoracotomy across IV intercostal space. The use of multimodal treatment was accompanied by relatively low (1.85%) postoperative mortality on the background of a relatively high number (79.6%) of postoperative complications, easily cured in the early postoperative period. The use of multimodal therapy in treatment for metastatic pleural malignant lesions was accompanied by a median of disease-free survival of 11 months and a median of overall survival of 23 months. The proposed multimodal treatment compared with conservative methods of therapy improved disease-free (12 months vs. 7.5 months) and overall (18.8 months vs. 10.2 months) survival. Thus the use of a multimodal approach in treatment for pleural malignant lesions is relatively safe but requires further study.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Chemotherapy, Cancer, Regional Perfusion* / methods
  • Combined Modality Therapy / methods
  • Cytoreduction Surgical Procedures*
  • Disease-Free Survival
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Hyperthermia, Induced*
  • Kaplan-Meier Estimate
  • Lung Neoplasms / therapy
  • Male
  • Mesothelioma / therapy
  • Mesothelioma, Malignant
  • Middle Aged
  • Multimodal Imaging
  • Photochemotherapy*
  • Pleural Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Pleural Neoplasms / mortality
  • Pleural Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Thoracotomy / adverse effects
  • Thoracotomy / methods*
  • Treatment Outcome