Experiences with surgery and hyperthermic intrathoracic chemotherapy not included in the systematic review
| First author [ref.] | Patients n | Associated procedure | Median survival time months | Survival rate |
| Kimura [20] | 7 | Debulking | 0 deaths after 35 months | |
| Matsuzaki [21] | 11 | Debulking | 20 | |
| Hu [22] | 54 | VATS pleural biopsy | 21.7 | 74.1% at 1 year |
| Yi [23] | 23 | Debulking | 24.3% at 3 years | |
| Kodama [24] | 101 | Debulking | 37.4% at 5 years |
VATS: video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.