Abstract
Research has focused on identification of selection criteria for surgery in a multimodality therapy approach since 1976, when Butchart in Newcastle, UK described the importance of precise patient selection for surgery. He was one of the pioneers in mesothelioma surgery and concluded, after a series of 29 patients undergoing pleuropneumonectomy, that death could have been prevented by better case selection, alteration in surgical technique, and better postoperative management (1). To optimize patient selection, many factors have to be taken into account: the patients’ performance status (PS), the stage of disease, and also availability and access to different treatment approaches. In the following chapter, clinical and pathological staging and prognostic factors will be summarized.
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