Pleural biopsy may be required to confirm the diagnosis of unilateral pleural effusion with pleural malignancy. 21, 22 The BTS guidelines recommend that patients with MPE undergoing thoracoscopic ...

An automated approach to the glycan analysis of cell surface proteins implicated in cancer metastasis Lung cancer and malignant mesothelioma are major cause of pleural effusion, and management of lung ...

Researchers at Wake Forest School of Medicine have discovered that a nanoparticle therapeutic enhances cancer immunotherapy and is a possible new approach in treating malignant pleural effusion (MPE).

IT is the unfortunate lot of some patients dying of metastatic cancer of the breast, lung, cervix and so forth to be plagued by severe dyspnea due to recurrent malignant pleural effusions. Many of ...

For the diagnosis of people with pleural effusion, an initial image-assisted Abrams needle biopsy (IA-ANPB) can match medical thoracoscopy (MT) in diagnostic accuracy in some cases, a small randomized ...

Malignant pleural mesothelioma continues to be a challenge. The diagnosis and treatment of patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma requires a multidisciplinary approach. The diagnosis is best ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The average health care cost per patient in the indwelling pleural catheter (IPC) group was $40,179 vs. $46,640 ...

Pleural effusion, sometimes called water on the lung, is a buildup of fluid between the lungs and the chest cavity. It can result from pneumonia, heart failure, cancer, and other conditions. Pleural ...

Researchers have unveiled a microfluidic device that significantly improves the separation of tumor cells and clusters from malignant effusions. This novel technology promises to advance the diagnosis ...