HEALTH PROFESSIONAL · SOURCE READING

Treatment of Childhood Mesothelioma

Source: Childhood Mesothelioma Treatment (PDQ®)–Health Professional Version, National Cancer Institute.

Source updated: September 16, 2024 · Captured 2026-09-09.

Selected source text with whitespace normalised. This Triangle page is not an NCI PDQ summary.

Treatment options for pediatric patients with malignant pleural mesotheliomas are controversial. Outcomes are often poor in these individuals despite treatment with radical surgical resection, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy. Treatments that use newer chemotherapy agents and immunotherapies are under investigation.[1]

Source links and citations

Treatment options for childhood malignant mesothelioma include the following:

Surgery.

Source links and citations