Meta-analysis of Median Survival and Surgery for MPM

Summary of median overall survival outcomes for patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma who underwent extended P/D or EPP. Circle radius is logistically proportional to the size of individual studies. Solid lines indicate survival measured from the date of diagnosis, and dotted lines indicate survival measured from the date of surgery.

EPP, extrapleural pneumonectomy; MPM, malignant pleural mesothelioma; P/D, pleurectomy/decortication.

Reprinted from Lung Cancer, Vol 83, Cao C et al, A systematic review and meta-analysis of surgical treatments for malignant pleural mesothelioma, Pages 240-5, Copyright (2013), with permission from Elsevier Ireland Ltd.