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Molecular Oncology, 2018 Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is an aggressive malignancy with very limited therapeutic options. Fibroblast growth factor (FGF) signals play important roles in mesothelioma cell growth.
Karin Schelch +6 more
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BMC Research Notes, 2018 Objective Pleural effusion (PE) is a common feature of malignant pleural mesothelioma. These effusions typically contain lymphocytes and malignant cells. We postulated that the PE would be a source of lymphocytes for analysis of tumor immune milieu.
Jonathan Chee +11 more
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Diagnostic limitations of lung fiber counts in asbestos-related diseases
The Journal of Scientific Practice and Integrity, 2023 # Background Lung dust fibre analyses have been used by some pathologists to estimate past asbestos exposure in the workplace and its related health risks.
Joachim Schneider +3 more
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Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2021 Pleural mesothelioma is a disease with a very poor prognosis. Here, we report a mesothelioma patient who survived for 5 years and a half. As a result of the autopsy, the tumor was diagnosed as a myxoid variant, which is internationally proposed as a ...
Keiichi Mizuhashi +2 more
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Asbestos Trust Transparency [PDF]
, 2018 Originally and for many years, the primary defendants in asbestos cases were companies that mined asbestos or manufactured amphibole-containing thermal insulation.
Behrens, Mark A.
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Smart Closed‐Loop Systems in Personalized Healthcare: Advances and Outlook
Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.A smart closed‐loop e‐textile integrates multimodal sensing, onboard processing, wireless communication, and wearable power to enable real‐time physiological/biochemical monitoring and feedback‐controlled therapy. ABSTRACT Smart textiles represent a revolutionary frontier in healthcare, seamlessly blending fabric and advanced technologies to create ...
Safoora Khosravi +12 more
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Asbestos awareness among the residents of St. Kitts and Nevis: a cross-sectional study
Globalization and Health, 2022 Background High levels of public awareness regarding the hazards of asbestos, rights to health, and benefits of an asbestos-free country can increase advocacy and political commitment to a total ban on asbestos. We aimed to investigate asbestos awareness
Denrick Jeffers +3 more
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PLoS ONE, 2021 Despite the use of large amounts of asbestos in the 1990s, few studies have been conducted in Korea on occupational and environmental asbestos exposure and lung cancer risk.
Da-An Huh +5 more
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Diagnostic Cytopathology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Mesothelioma is a rare tumor that arises from the serosal cells lining the serous cavities, most commonly the pleura followed by the peritoneum. Presenting symptoms include pleuritic pain and bloody effusions that recur. Although cytologic analysis cannot determine the mesothelial subtype or in situ from invasive disease, the ...
Suzanne M. Selvaggi
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Validation of chemoresistance phenotypes in pleural mesothelioma across 2D, 3D, and in vivo models
Scientific ReportsPleural mesothelioma (PM) is a highly aggressive cancer with limited treatment efficacy and poor prognosis. Conventional two-dimensional (2D) culture models fail to replicate the tumour microenvironment (TME), limiting their translational relevance. Here,
Huaikai Shi +14 more
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