Content area
Full Text
About the Authors:
Huanjie Yang
Contributed equally to this work with: Huanjie Yang, Ying Wang
Affiliations Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, Department of Life Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
Ying Wang
Contributed equally to this work with: Huanjie Yang, Ying Wang
Affiliation: Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
Vino T. Cheryan
Affiliations John D. Dingell VA Medical Center, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, Departments of Oncology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
Wenjuan Wu
Affiliations John D. Dingell VA Medical Center, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, Departments of Oncology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
Cindy Qiuzhi Cui
Affiliation: Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
Lisa A. Polin
Affiliation: Departments of Oncology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
Harvey I. Pass
Affiliations Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, New York University Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States of America
Q. Ping Dou
* E-mail: [email protected] (QPD); [email protected] (AKR)
Affiliations Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
Arun K. Rishi
* E-mail: [email protected] (QPD); [email protected] (AKR)
Affiliations John D. Dingell VA Medical Center, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, Departments of Oncology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
Anil Wali
Current address: Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
Affiliations John D. Dingell VA Medical Center, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
Introduction
Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a lethal asbestos-related malignancy [1]. Despite aggressive multimodality treatment involving surgery, adjuvant or neoadjuvant chemotherapy, and radiation [2], the median survival of MPM is about 9–17 months [3]. Millions of American workers have been exposed to asbestos, and exposure to asbestos has been shown to increase the risk...