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Epidemiology: | Epidemiology: | ||
*Strong association with asbestos exposure. | *Strong association with asbestos exposure. | ||
Treatment: | |||
*+/-Surgical debulking (cytoreduction) with heated chemotherapy - for intraperitoneal mesothelioma.<ref name=pmid24158467>{{cite journal |author=Wong J, Koch AL, Deneve JL, Fulp W, Tanvetyanon T, Dessureault S |title=Repeat cytoreductive surgery and heated intraperitoneal chemotherapy may offer survival benefit for intraperitoneal mesothelioma: a single institution experience |journal=Ann. Surg. Oncol. |volume=21 |issue=5 |pages=1480–6 |year=2014 |month=May |pmid=24158467 |doi=10.1245/s10434-013-3341-7 |url=}}</ref> | |||
Note: | Note: | ||