BTS guideline for the investigation and management of malignant pleural mesothelioma

Ian Woolhouse; Lesley Bishop; Liz Darlison; Duneesha de Fonseka; Anthony Edey; John Edwards; Corinne Faivre-Finn; Dean A Fennell; Steve Holmes; Keith M Kerr; Apostolos Nakas; Tim Peel; Najib M Rahman; Mark Slade; Jeremy Steele; Selina Tsim; Nick A Maskell

doi:10.1136/bmjresp-2017-000266

BTS guideline for the investigation and management of malignant pleural mesothelioma

BMJ Open Respir Res. 2018 Feb 14;5(1):e000266. doi: 10.1136/bmjresp-2017-000266. eCollection 2018.

Authors

Ian Woolhouse¹, Lesley Bishop², Liz Darlison³, Duneesha de Fonseka⁴, Anthony Edey⁵, John Edwards⁶, Corinne Faivre-Finn⁷, Dean A Fennell⁸, Steve Holmes⁹, Keith M Kerr¹⁰, Apostolos Nakas¹¹, Tim Peel¹², Najib M Rahman¹³, Mark Slade¹⁴, Jeremy Steele¹⁵, Selina Tsim¹⁶, Nick A Maskell¹⁷

Affiliations

¹ Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.
² Respiratory, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, UK.
³ Respiratory, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
⁴ Academic Respiratory Unit, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK.
⁵ North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK.
⁶ Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, Sheffield, UK.
⁷ Division of Cancer Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
⁸ University of Leicester and University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
⁹ The Park Medical Practice, Shepton Mallet, UK.
¹⁰ University of Aberdeen, Pathology, Aberdeen, UK.
¹¹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Genfield Hospital, Leicester, UK.
¹² North Tyneside General Hospital, North Shields, UK (now retired).
¹³ Oxford NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
¹⁴ Papworth Hospital, Thoracic Oncology, Cambridge, UK.
¹⁵ Cancer, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK.
¹⁶ Respiratory Medicine, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, UK.
¹⁷ Academic Respiratory Unit, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.

Abstract

The full guideline for the investigation and management of malignant pleural mesothelioma is published in Thorax. The following is a summary of the recommendations and good practice points. The sections referred to in the summary refer to the full guideline.

Keywords: mesothelioma.

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