Malignant pleural mesothelioma with long-term tumor disappearance of a local relapse after surgery: a case report

Table 1 Reported cases of spontaneous regression of malignant pleural mesothelioma

Reporter Country	Year	Gender	Age	Histology	Previous therapy	Patient Time to regression	Outcome	Mechanism
						Period of regression
Robinson et al. [2] Australia*	2001	Female	54	Mixed	No	3 months	Died	Immunological reaction?
				(with lymphoid infiltration)		Unknown
Pilling et al. [3] UK**	2007	Male	58	Epithelioid	Surgery	Unknown	Survival without relapse	Host response
				(with inflammatory response)		7 years
Allen RKA [4] Australia**	2007	Female	61	Epithelioid	No	6 months	Survival without relapse	Immunological reaction?
				(poorly differentiated)		5 years
The present case Japan**	2009	Male	73	Epithelioid	Surgery	4 months	Survival with re-relapse
					Chemotherapy	29 months	Complementary and alternative therapy?

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