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Prolonged survival due to spontaneous regression and surgical excision of malignant mesothelioma.

Pilling JE, Nicholson AG, Harmer C, Goldstraw P

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom.

We report a case of malignant pleural mesothelioma with histologically proven spontaneous regression of pleural disease. During a 12-year follow-up there was a single recurrence, which was a lesion in the chest wall at 6 years that was surgically excised. A prominent host response to tumor was seen in both the primary tumor and the recurrence.

Published 22 December 2006 in Ann Thorac Surg, 83(1): 314-5.
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