«Mesothelioma remains a difficult disease to find better
treatment options for, so we asked whether high - dose hemithoracic radiotherapy would decrease the rate or delay the time of local recurrence after chemotherapy and
radical surgery,» says lead author Prof Rolf A. Stahel, from the Clinic and Policlinic for Oncology, at the University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland, and current President of the European Society for Medical Oncology.