European guidelines for malignant pleural mesothelioma management in 2019
Guidelines sessionChairs: P. Putora (St. Gallen, Switzerland), I. Opitz (Zurich, Switzerland)
Aims: to introduce the 2019 guidelines for management of malignant pleural mesothelioma issued by experts from the European Respiratory Society (ERS)/European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS)/European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS)/European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO) task force; to present the viewpoints of malignant pleural mesothelioma patients and caregivers; to discuss real clinical cases with the audience in order to show how these recommendations could be routinely applied for patients.