Malignant pleural mesothelioma: new aspects in treatment and aetiology

Symposium
Chairs: G. Hillerdal (Stockholm, Sweden), W. Weder (Zurich, Switzerland)
Aims: Most pulmonary physicians still regard mesothelioma as practically untreatable and, hence, its prognosis as dismal. This symposium will give an update on treatment and aetiology.

Mesothelioma - no longer a hopeless disease! G. Hillerdal (Stockholm, Sweden)
Aetiology of mesothelioma other than mineral fibres: hereditary factors and viruses M. Carbone (Honolulu, Hi, United States of America)
New seromarkers of mesothelioma: what do they mean in clinical practice? B. Robinson (Perth, Australia)