Clinical Practice Points
- •What is already known about this subject?
- •Spontaneous regression of malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a rare outcome for patients with or without conventional treatment.
- •What are the new findings?
- •Here we report 2 cases of regression of biopsy confirmed MPM in the absence of chemotherapy or radiation.
- •What are the new findings and how might they impact on clinical practice in the foreseeable future?
- •More research is warranted on the heterogeneity of MPM and the role of the patient's own immune system to control the disease in certain circumstances.
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Published online: October 12, 2022
Accepted:
October 7,
2022
Received:
August 22,
2022
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