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Acute dyspnoea in cancer patients: Prevalence of acute heart failure, resource use and diagnostic accuracy of natriuretic peptides

European Journal of Heart Failure, EarlyView.
Cancer patients presenting to the emergency department ED with dyspnoea. Among 2153 patients presenting to the ED with dyspnea, 473 (22.0%) had an active or past cancer. Acute heart failure (AHF) was the most common final diagnosis in both groups. Pneumonia and cancer‐related dyspnoea were more common in cancer patients.
Paolo Bima, Desirée Wussler, Pedro Lopez‐Ayala, Maria Belkin, Albina Nowak, Xueting Lin, Ivo Strebel, Fabiana Sgueglia, Eleni Michou, Androniki Papachristou, Laureve Chollet, Codruta Popescu, Nikola Kozhuharov, Samyut Shrestha, Gabriela Kuster, Katharina Rentsch, Arnold Von Eckardstein, Mascha Binder, Felix Mahfoud, Tobias Breidthardt, Christian Mueller   +20 more
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Soluble CD40 in plasma and malignant pleural effusion with non-small cell lung cancer: A potential marker of prognosis

Chronic Diseases and Translational Medicine, 2015
Objective: Soluble CD40 (sCD40) is a potential modulator for both antitumor responses and CD40-based immunotherapy; however the levels and significance of sCD40 in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with malignant pleural effusion are unknown ...
Chuan-Yong Mu, Pang-Xue Qin, Qiu-Xia Qu, Cheng Chen, Jian-An Huang   +4 more
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The Role of 18F-FDG PET/CT Integrated Imaging in Distinguishing Malignant from Benign Pleural Effusion. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
The aim of our study was to evaluate the role of 18F-FDG PET/CT integrated imaging in differentiating malignant from benign pleural effusion.A total of 176 patients with pleural effusion who underwent 18F-FDG PET/CT examination to differentiate ...
Yajuan Sun, Hongjuan Yu, Jingquan Ma, Peiou Lu   +3 more
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Spectrum and outcome in patients with unilateral pleural effusion admitted in a tertiary care hospital

Journal of Clinical and Scientific Research, 2022
Background: Unilateral pleural effusion is a challenge for a physician as the differential diagnosis is varied; sparse epidemiological data are available from India on this subject.
Neeraj Saini, Saumya Ahluwalia, Srishti Ahluwalia, Pavneet Kaur Selhi, Akashdeep Singh   +4 more
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The modern diagnosis and management of pleural effusions [PDF]

, 2015
A pleural effusion describes an excess of fluid in the pleural cavity, usually resulting from an imbalance in the normal rate of pleural fluid production or absorption, or both.
Bhatnagar, Rahul, Maskell, Nick A
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Therapeutic targeting of chromatin alterations in leukemia and solid tumors

International Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.
Abstract Alterations in chromatin conformation and post‐translational modification of histones have become increasingly recognized as critical drivers of cancer development, progression, and therapy resistance. Recent advances in drug development have led to the establishment of several highly selective small molecule inhibitors, several of which are ...
Florian Perner, Tobias Berg, Daniel Sasca, Sophie‐Luise Mersiowsky, Jayant Y. Gadrey, Johanna Thomas, Michael W. M. Kühn, Michael Lübbert   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Improved diagnosis and prognostication of patients with pleural malignant mesothelioma using biomarkers in pleural effusions and peripheral blood samples – a short report [PDF]

, 2017
Purpose: There is a lack of robust and clinically utilizable markers for the diagnosis and prognostication of malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM).
Aerts, J.G.J.V. (Joachim), Bakker, M.A. (Michael) den, Beije, N. (Nick), Cornelissen, R. (Robin), Kraan, J. (Jaco), Leest, K.H. (Cor) van der, Maat, A.W.P.M. (Alex), Martens, J.W.M. (John), Sleijfer, S. (Stefan), van, N.M. (Ngoc M.)   +9 more
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Secondary lung abscess caused by an esophagorespiratory fistula in a patient with a past history of heavy alcohol consumption

Journal of General and Family Medicine, EarlyView.
This case highlights the importance of considering malignancy‐related esophagorespiratory fistulas in patients with presumed aspiration‐related lung abscesses and heavy alcohol use. Abstract A man in his 60s was ultimately diagnosed with a secondary lung abscess caused by an esophagorespiratory fistula.
Shuhei Nozaki, Taku Yabuki, Taro Shimizu
wiley   +1 more source

High-throughput screening of rare metabolically active tumor cells in pleural effusion and peripheral blood of lung cancer patients [PDF]

, 2017
Malignant pleural effusion (MPE), the presence of malignant cells in pleural fluid, is often the first sign of many cancers and occurs in patients with metastatic malignancies.
Deng, Yuliang, Heath, James R., Kim, Jungwoo, Li, Yan, Li, Ziming, Lu, Shun, Shi, Qihui, Tang, Yin, Wang, Zhuo, Wei, Wei   +9 more
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The Role of Pleural Fluid Tumor Marker Examination in Diagnosing Malignant Pleural Effusion Caused by Primary Lung Cancer

Jurnal Penyakit Dalam Indonesia
Introduction. Pleural effusion is a frequently acquired lung disorder and based on the type of cause it is divided into malignant and non-malignant pleural effusion.
Cleopas Martin Rumende, Noorwati Sutandyo, Arif Hanafi, Samuel Keryanto Rumende, Erwin Christian Susanto, Truely Panca Sitorus   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source