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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Randomized Controlled Trial Testing the Efficacy of Platinum-Free Interval Prolongation in Advanced Ovarian Cancer: The MITO-8, MaNGO, BGOG-Ov1, AGO-Ovar2.16, ENGOT-Ov1, GCIG Study Patients with ...

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.

Lung cancer and pleural mesothelioma are often confused, so it’s important to understand the key differences between them, including tumor location and treatments. Lung cancer and pleural mesothelioma ...

A pleurectomy is a surgical procedure to remove part or all of the pleura, a membrane that lines the lungs and chest cavity. The procedure treats empyema — an infection of the pleural cavity — and ...

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pleural Dynamics, a medical device company that is building solutions for recurrent fluid collections in the body, announced today that the final patient in “The ACES™ ...

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 ...

Doctors in Kolkata have successfully treated a five-year-old boy, for a massive right-sided pleural empyema, which is a serious infection marked by the accumulation of pus in the space between the ...