Surgery for Mesothelioma in the MARS II Era

Apostolos Nakas of the Glenfield Hospital in Leicester, UK, presents an overview of the surgical treatment of mesothelioma. Dr Nakas focuses on extended pleurectomy decortication, which is being evaluated in the MARS II trial, and he discusses other existing and upcoming studies on surgical and combination therapies.

This presentation was originally given during the SCTS Ionescu University program at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland. This content is published with the permission of SCTS. Please click here for more information on SCTS educational programs.