BACKGROUND: Malignant @entity2615 (MPM) is a rare but fatal @entity5 , which in the majority of @entity1 is caused by prolonged exposure to @entity1355 fibers. We aimed at presenting clinicopathological and treatment outcomes of 60 @entity1 of MPM registered in our hospital @entity5 registry. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Demographic characteristics of @entity1 , exposure to @entity1355 , smoking habit, their clinicopathologic characteristics and survival analysis were described. RESULTS: Sixty @entity1 had MPM. Forty @entity1 (66.7%) were @entity1 . The mean age of @entity1 was 55.8  11 years. @entity662 and @entity1353 were the most prevalent symptoms (31.7%, and 30%, respectively). Thirty-six (61.7%) @entity1 reported @entity1355 exposure. The median survival and Progression free survival (PFS) were 10.5 months (0.95CI=9.22-11.78) and 7.57 months (0.95CI=5.68-9.45), respectively. In multivariate analysis, exposure to @entity1355 and epithelioid subtype significantly extended the survival time. Bilateral involvement, high blood level of LDH and platelet count >= 400,000 significantly shortened the overall survival. CONCLUSION: MPM is still an important health problem in Iran. Given the aforementioned results, developing a national program to eliminate @entity1355 -related diseases according to the world health organization (WHO) recommendation is necessary.

Clinicopathologic and survival characteristics of malignant pleural mesothelioma registered in hospital XXXX registry.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'men'] @entity662 :: ('MESH:D002637', 'Disease') :: ['Chest pain'] @entity1353 :: ('MESH:D004417', 'Disease') :: ['dyspnea'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['cancer', 'thoracic tumor'] @entity2615 :: ('MESH:D008654', 'Disease') :: ['pleural mesothelioma'] @entity1355 :: ('MESH:D001195', 'Disease') :: ['asbestos']
@entity5 :: (MESH:D009369,Disease) :: ['cancer']
