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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003;23:255
© 2003 Elsevier Science NL

Letter to the Editor

The management of malignant pleural mesothelioma

Thoracic Surgery Department, San Giovanni Battista Hospital, Via Genova 3, 10126 Turin, Italy

Received 28 September 2002; received in revised form 28 September 2002; accepted 28 October 2002.

* Corresponding author. Tel.: +39-11-633-6635; fax: +39-11-696-0170
e-mail: giuliano.maggi@unito.it

Key Words: Malignant pleural mesothelioma • Diagnosis

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We read with interest the excellent paper of Aziz and colleagues presented by Dr. Prakash at the 2001 EACTS/ESTS Meeting in Lisbon [1]. We have three questions for the authors which we would like to be addressed:

1. The Authors performed 47 decortications/pleurectomies (D/P) and 64 extrapleural pneumonectomies (EPP): we assume that the authors . . . [Full Text of this Article]