The extensive range of diagnostic capabilities and the compact dimensions of ultrasound systems have made lung ultrasonography an indispensable tool for diagnostic imaging. Lung ultrasonography ...

Background: In this study, we describe the prognostic value of NSCLC morphologic characteristics obtainable by computed tomography (CT) in the preoperative staging. Starting with the initial ...

To develop a method to deliver mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) into the pleural cavity for the treatment of pleural diseases. MSCs were isolated from rat bone marrow of rats and labeled with ...

Presented by invitation before the Academy of Medicine, Springfield, Mass., Sept. 14, 1909. That part of the present paper dealing with "Hemoptysis as a Symptom" was previously and more fully ...

Randomized Phase II Trial Comparing Bevacizumab Plus Carboplatin and Paclitaxel With Carboplatin and Paclitaxel Alone in Previously Untreated Locally Advanced or Metastatic Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer ...

Researchers conclude that Ephrin B2 seems to play an important role in malignant pleural mesothelioma cell lines and tumors. Malignant mesothelioma is a rare asbestos-associated malignancy with ...

Idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis is a rare recently described entity likely to be under- and misdiagnosed, as awareness of this entity is not yet widespread. We report two cases that show ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The role of smoking and an urban living environment in the etiology of radiographic pleural and pulmonary abnormalities was studied in a ...

Throughout the follow-up period (1996–2005), 93 patients (47.94%) died, and 101 patients (52.06%) were alive at the end of this period. For the 93 patients who died during this period, the mean ...