Surgery for malignant pleural mesothelioma after radiotherapy may increase overall survival rates, according to a study. However, study authors note that the procedure should only be adopted in ...
Surgery for managing complicated pleural space infections had better outcomes than fibrinolytic therapy, according to study results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society. In a ...
Patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) lived 6 months longer, on average, when they had surgery in addition to chemotherapy, a large retrospective analysis showed. The addition of surgery ...
Chemical pleurodesis. The surgeon puts a chemical, usually talc, into the pleural space (the space between your lungs and your chest wall.) Mechanical pleurodesis. The surgeon abrades (brushes) the ...
The MARS2 trial put the mesothelioma treatment community off its axis, at least in terms of whether these patients should undergo surgery. The phase III study showed that extended pleurectomy ...
Dr. Hedy Kindler joins us on the podcast to discuss the latest update to the treatment of pleural mesothelioma guideline. She discusses the latest changes to the updated recommendations across topics ...
Frequency of actionable genomic alterations in early-stage lung adenocarcinoma (LA) detected by next-generation sequencing (NGS). This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2012 ASCO Annual Meeting I.
Empyema is a condition where you have pus between your lung and the membrane surrounding it. It’s caused by an infection and can cause symptoms such as pain and shortness of breath. You’re more ...
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