Cancer treatment has long faced a challenging trade-off: therapies strong enough to eliminate tumors often cause severe side effects. One promising solution involves cytokines, natural proteins that ...

In case contraindications are found during thoracoscopic exploration, a conversion from radical to palliative surgery would be necessary. Conventionally, when pleural dissemination is verified ...

By the 1970s, over 1,400 million pounds of asbestos were used annually in America. A large portion of this material was ...

The majority of the pleural cavity is filled with the lungs, heart and great vessels. In addition, most of the liver, the stomach and superior portion of the large intestines reside just below the ...

The first recorded instance of what was possibly radon exposure’s adverse impact on the lungs was in 1556 when the German scholar Georgius Agricola described dust that “eats away the lungs and ...

Complications The repair process may result in scar tissue in the lung linings (pleural adhesions) that may affect care in the future. For example, it could cause problems with pleural effusions or ...

Despite frequent lung findings, pleural and mediastinal involvement were relatively rare, found in only 11.8% and 23.5% of cases, respectively. Pulmonary involvement is common in IgG4-RD ...

'Abused' Boy, 9, 'Locked Away in Bedroom' with Pneumonia Died When Lung Collapsed From Buildup of Pus: DA Prosecutors say Sherman Devaughn Jones, 46, and Sampaguita L. Jones, 41, abused their 9 ...

Air pollution and traditional herbal medicines could be major risk factors contributing to the development of lung cancer in people with no history of smoking, a groundbreaking new study has found ...

This trial looked at a drug called vorinostat (also known as MK0683) for mesothelioma of the lung that continued to grow despite having chemotherapy. The results of this trial were published in 2015.

This entails removing contaminated fluid from the pleural space that envelops the lungs. These situations usually occur when the flu causes substantial pleural effusions or an empyema, which is ...