|title=Mesothelioma Molecular and Genetic Testing: BAP1, CDKN2A, NGS Panels & Biomarker-Guided Treatment
|description=Comprehensive guide to molecular and genetic testing for mesothelioma including BAP1 mutations, CDKN2A FISH, NF2 inactivation, n
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...leadership of the program and has pioneered research into the genomic and molecular basis of mesothelioma<ref name="nci_genetics" />.<ref name="dandell_maligna
* '''Advances immunotherapy combinations''' — Currently testing checkpoint inhibitors alongside targeted agents to exploit the specific gen
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...ic test opened pathways for personalized treatment planning based on tumor molecular characteristics. The training programs he established have produced a gener
* '''Developed molecular tools for treatment decisions''' — The four-gene ratio test moved mesotheli
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...logical subtypes, TNM 8th edition staging, blood biomarkers, and molecular testing.
...fication and stage groupings.<ref name="jtd_staging" /> Emerging molecular testing for '''BAP1''', '''CDKN2A''', and other genetic alterations is increasingly
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...histologic subtype, performance status, age, gender, blood biomarkers, and molecular characteristics such as germline BAP1 mutations.<ref name="seer-14k" /><ref
...ual outcomes vary dramatically based on stage, histology, age, gender, and molecular markers
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...mmation. This multiplex approach far outperformed single-marker mesothelin testing (AUC 0.82, sensitivity 66%, specificity 88%) in the same populations. The D
High-Mobility Group Box 1 (HMGB1) is a damage-associated molecular pattern protein that plays a central role in asbestos carcinogenesis. When
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...emistry''' with standardized marker panels, conducting ancillary molecular testing including '''BAP1 loss''' and '''CDKN2A FISH''', and developing an evidence
...ioma from benign mesothelial proliferations when combined with CDKN2A FISH testing
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...-style:italic; border-bottom:1px solid #dee2e6;" | Prediagnostic Biomarker Testing for Mesothelioma
...re diagnosis, providing the prospective evidence base needed to move panel testing toward clinical surveillance programs.<ref name="bmjopen_diaphragm" /><ref
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...ation treatments like CAR T-cell therapy, and scientists investigating the molecular basis of the disease.<ref name="mesonet_treatment" />
...ns''' — patients seen by listed specialists gain access to 6 active trials testing CAR T-cell therapy, neoadjuvant immunotherapy, and gene therapy unavailable
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...stemic toxicity — a critical consideration for early-phase clinical safety testing.<ref name="pmcpotential" /><ref name="pubmedsterman98" />
...mal outlook provided both clinical rationale and ethical justification for testing novel and unproven therapeutic approaches in affected patients.<ref name="p
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* '''BAP1/MTAP testing vs standard cytology alone''' — combined BAP1 and MTAP immunohistochemistry
...c evaluation of the fluid through cytology, biochemistry, and microbiology testing, and therapeutic relief of symptoms caused by large-volume fluid buildup in
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...million grant from the National Cancer Institute to fund ongoing biomarker testing to determine which [[Pleural Mesothelioma|pleural mesothelioma]] patients w
* Targeted therapies based on tumor molecular profiling
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...part of the initial IHC panel. Additionally, BAP1 loss and CDKN2A deletion testing are increasingly important for distinguishing malignant mesothelioma from w
...nd its strong general association with asbestos — combined with the shared molecular features between testicular and pleural mesothelioma — typically support co
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...million grant from the National Cancer Institute to fund ongoing biomarker testing to determine which pleural mesothelioma patients would benefit from immunot
* Targeted therapies based on tumor molecular profiling
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...ch Database:''' Total Cancer Care initiative enrolled 76,000+ patients for molecular profiling
Testing safety and efficacy of transarterial chemoperfusion treatment with cisplati
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...se relationships, and — where relevant — fiber burden analysis and genetic testing evidence.<ref name="dandell6" /><ref name="mesatty2" />
...e of a peritoneal mesothelioma to nivolumab and ipilimumab: a case report, molecular analysis and review of literature], PMC11291227, Frontiers in Oncology, 202
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...like acute occupational injuries, mesothelioma is a disease of accumulated molecular damage spanning decades.<ref name="mesonetlatency" />
...gnosis" or "missed earlier exposure."<ref name="shortlatencypmc" /> Modern molecular genetics has reframed short latency: germline mutations in DNA repair genes
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* '''Biomarker testing identifies 13-fold survival differences''' — Patients with undetectable ctD
New molecular analyses have identified predictive biomarkers for immunotherapy response.
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| style="padding:10px;" | '''ASCO 2025 Universal Germline Testing'''
...ding:10px;" | All mesothelioma patients should be offered germline genetic testing (ASCO Recommendation 7.1, Strong); BAP1 carriers survive ~5x longer and may
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...isks | Mesothelioma.net]</ref> This comprehensive guide integrates current molecular, epidemiological, and occupational health evidence to establish causation i
...ltistep pathogenic process that has been extensively characterized through molecular biology and occupational epidemiology:<ref name="dandellcauses">[https://da
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