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Alexander HR Jr, Bartlett DL, Pingpank JF, et al. Treatment factors associated with long-term survival after cytoreductive surgery and regional chemotherapy for patients with malignant peritoneal mesothelioma. Surgery. 2013;153:779-786.

American Joint Committee on Cancer. Pleural mesothelioma. AJCC Cancer Staging Manual. 7th ed. New York, NY: Springer; 2010: 271-274.

Arrieta Ó, Medina LA, Estrada-Lobato E, et al. First-line chemotherapy with liposomal doxorubicin plus cisplatin for patients with advanced malignant pleural mesothelioma: phase II trial. Br J Cancer. 2012;106:1027-1032.

Calabrò L, Morra A, Fonsatti E, et al. Tremelimumab for patients with chemotherapy-resistant advanced malignant mesothelioma: An open-label, single-arm, phase 2 trial. Lancet Oncol. 2013;14:1104-1111.

Haithcock BE, Zagar TM, Zhang L, Stinchcombe TE. Chapter 73: Diseases of the pleura and mediastinum. In: Niederhuber JE, Armitage JO, Dorshow JH, Kastan MB, Tepper JE, eds. Abeloff’s Clinical Oncology. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa. Elsevier: 2014.

Hegmans JP, Veltman JD, Lambers ME, et al. Consolidative dendritic cell-based immunotherapy elicits cytotoxicity against malignant mesothelioma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2010;181:1383-1390.

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Mirarabshahii P, Pillai K, Chua TC, Pourgholami MH, Morris DL. Diffuse malignant peritoneal mesothelioma--an update on treatment. Cancer Treat Rev. 2012;38:605-612.

National Cancer Institute. Physician Data Query (PDQ). Malignant Mesothelioma: Treatment. 2014. Accessed at www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/malignantmesothelioma/HealthProfessional on March 4, 2015.

National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN). NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology: Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma. V.1.2015. Accessed at www.nccn.org/professionals/physician_gls/pdf/mpm.pdf on March 4, 2015.

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Sterman DH, Haas A, Moon E, et al. A trial of intrapleural adenoviral-mediated interferon-α2b gene transfer for malignant pleural mesothelioma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2011;184:1395-1399.

Testa JR, Cheung M, Pei J, et al. Germline BAP1 mutations predispose to malignant mesothelioma. Nat Genet. 2011;43:1022-1025.

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