ReviewFrom the reviews: “Malignant Mesotheloma is an uncommon neoplasm usually associated with exposure to asbestos. … Harvey Pass and colleagues have edited an up-to-date, comprehensive book that includes a wide range of information, from a historical perspective to descriptions of the latest treatment. … Laboratory researchers will use it as a resource for information … of mesothelioma. … Clinicians will benefit from this complete guide … . I highly recommend this book to all those who are interested in mesotheloma.” (Julie R. Brahmer, The New England Journal of Medicine, March, 2006) “This is a reference book suitable for departmental and medical libraries and for the shelves of those who have a particular clinical or research interest in mesothelioma … . Pass, Vogelzang and Carbone envisioned a comprehensive text and have achieved it. … To be useful such a book must be well indexed; and this is. The individual chapters are well referenced … . (more…)

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From The New England Journal of Medicine
Mesotheloma is a multiauthored book that aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the epidemiology, biology, diagnosis, and treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma. Edited by Drs. Bruce Robinson and Philippe Chahinian (from Perth, Australia, and New York City, respectively), the book brings together an international group of authors, most of whom are acknowledged experts on this disease. The selection of authors highlights the fact that mesothelioma, though an uncommon disease in many countries, is a considerable problem internationally. The strongest focus of the book is on the epidemiology of malignant pleural mesotheloma. Of the 20 chapters, 7 discuss the epidemiology and history of the disease in North America, Europe, Australia, South Africa, and Japan. One of these chapters chronicles how its author, Christopher Wagner, now deceased, and his colleagues established the link between exposure to asbestos and mesotheloma (more…)

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