Is the patient with mesothelioma without hope?

Hope is a very important mindset for malignant pleural mesothelioma patients as their cancer has a grim prognosis and limited therapeutic options. In this paper, we briefly discuss what hope means for a patient and how hope can help to cope with this disease. In addition, we discuss false hope. We a...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Future oncology (London, England) England), 2015-11, Vol.11 (24s), p.11-14
Hauptverfasser:	Maat, Alexander PWM, Cornelissen, Robin, Bogers, Ad JJC, Takkenberg, Johanna JM
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Cancer therapies Clinical decision making Combined Modality Therapy - methods Cytotoxicity Decision making Disease Feasibility studies hope Humans Immune system Life expectancy Lung cancer Lung Neoplasms - pathology Lung Neoplasms - therapy malignant pleural mesothelioma Mars Medical prognosis Mesothelioma Mesothelioma - pathology Mesothelioma - therapy Mesothelioma, Malignant Metastasis Patients Pleural Neoplasms - pathology Pleural Neoplasms - therapy Prognosis Quality of life Radiation therapy Surgery Thoracic surgery
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Zusammenfassung:	Hope is a very important mindset for malignant pleural mesothelioma patients as their cancer has a grim prognosis and limited therapeutic options. In this paper, we briefly discuss what hope means for a patient and how hope can help to cope with this disease. In addition, we discuss false hope. We also briefly touch on a few of the new therapies currently under development.
ISSN:	1479-6694 1744-8301
DOI:	10.2217/fon.15.184