Amount of Epithelioid Differentiation Is a Predictor of Survival in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Wickii T. Vigneswaran, MD, Diana Y. Kircheva, MD, Vijayalakshimi Ananthanarayanan, MD, Sydeaka Watson, PhD, Qudsia Arif, MD, Amy Durkin Celauro, PA, Hedy L. Kindler, MD, Aliya N. Husain, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 103, Issue 3, Pages 962-966 (March 2017) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.08.063 Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 High-power photomicrograph (original magnification ×40) shows biphasic malignant mesothelioma with an epithelioid component in upper left and a sarcomatoid component in lower right (hematoxylin and eosin stain). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2017 103, 962-966DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.08.063) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Kaplan-Meier survival curves of patients demonstrating an epithelioid component of less than 50%, 51% to 99%, and 100%. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2017 103, 962-966DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.08.063) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Kaplan-Meier survival curves of patients demonstrating an epithelioid component of less than 25%, 26% to 50%, 51% to 75%, and 76% to 99%. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2017 103, 962-966DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.08.063) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 4 Kaplan-Meier survival curves for T stage. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2017 103, 962-966DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.08.063) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 5 Kaplan-Meier survival curves for N stage. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2017 103, 962-966DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.08.063) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions