This Society of Thoracic Surgeons Expert Consensus Documents provides updated, multidisciplinary guidance on the multimodal management of pleural mesothelioma (PM). The expert panel emphasizes that surgical resection should only be performed as part of a comprehensive treatment plan, with a strong preference for pleurectomy/decortication over extrapleural pneumonectomy. Furthermore, the report underscores the necessity of accurate diagnostic biopsy, advance imaging, and review by a multidisciplinary tumor board including thoracic surgeons with specific expertise in PM.
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The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2026 Expert Consensus on the Multimodal Treatment of Pleural Mesothelioma
Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
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Author(s): Jeffrey B. Velotta, Anja C. Roden, Jonathan Rice, Charles B. Simone, Bansari Upadhyay, Pallavi Sood, Daniel L. Miller, R. Taylor Ripley, Andrea Wolf, Bryan M. Burt, Samuel S. Kim, Isabelle Opitz, Hedy L. Kindler, Harvey I. Pass, J.W. Awori Hayanga, Valerie Rusch, Raphael Bueno
