Extrapleural pneumonectomy versus pleurectomy/decortication in the surgical management of malignant pleural mesothelioma: Results in 663 patients Raja M. Flores, MD, Harvey I. Pass, MD, Venkatraman E. Seshan, PhD, Joseph Dycoco, BA, Maureen Zakowski, MD, Michele Carbone, MD, Manjit S. Bains, MD, Valerie W. Rusch, MD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 135, Issue 3, Pages 620-626.e3 (March 2008) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.10.054 Copyright © 2008 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Overall survival of epithelioid versus non-epithelioid tumor, by univariate analysis. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2008 135, 620-626.e3DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.10.054) Copyright © 2008 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Overall survival by American Joint Committee on Cancer stage, by univariate analysis. AJCC, American Joint Committee on Cancer. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2008 135, 620-626.e3DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.10.054) Copyright © 2008 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Overall survival of EPP versus P/D, by univariate analysis. EPP, Extrapleural pneumonectomy; P/D, pleurectomy/decortication. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2008 135, 620-626.e3DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.10.054) Copyright © 2008 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 4 Overall survival of EPP versus P/D for patients with stage I. EPP, Extrapleural pneumonectomy; P/D, pleurectomy/decortication. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2008 135, 620-626.e3DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.10.054) Copyright © 2008 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 5 Overall survival of EPP versus P/D for patients with stage II. EPP, Extrapleural pneumonectomy; P/D, pleurectomy/decortication. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2008 135, 620-626.e3DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.10.054) Copyright © 2008 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 6 Overall survival of EPP versus P/D for patients with stage III. EPP, Extrapleural pneumonectomy; P/D, pleurectomy/decortication. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2008 135, 620-626.e3DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.10.054) Copyright © 2008 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 7 Overall survival of EPP versus P/D for patients with stage IV. EPP, Extrapleural pneumonectomy; P/D, pleurectomy/decortication. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2008 135, 620-626.e3DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.10.054) Copyright © 2008 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Overall survival of all 663 patients in this study. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2008 135, 620-626.e3DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.10.054) Copyright © 2008 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions