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Reactive oxygen metabolites can be used to differentiate malignant and non-malignant pleural efffusions

Annals of Thoracic Medicine, 2010
Objective : Increase in reactive oxygen metabolites (ROM) and free radicals is an important cause of cell injury. In this study, we investigated whether determination of ROM in pleural fluids of patients with malignant and non-malignant pleural effusions
Cobanoglu Ufuk, Sayir Fuat, Mergan Duygu
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Correlation between thoracoscopic presentations and pathological patterns in undiagnosed pleural effusion

The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology
Background Pleural effusion is the most prevalent pleural disorder. One third of pleural effusions are caused by lung cancer. Thoracoscopy is regarded as the most reliable diagnostic method for the evaluation of suspected pleural malignancy.
Mohamed Elsaid Ali Hassan Elfeqy, Hanaa Sami Hamed, Dalia Anas Ibrahim   +2 more
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Utility of Emerging Novel Criteria “Cancer Ratio” and “Cancer Ratio Plus” in Differentiating Malignant from Nonmalignant Pleural Effusions [PDF]

Indian Journal of Respiratory Care
Background and objectives: Distinguishing between malignant and benign pleural effusion (including tuberculous pleuritis with effusion) is vital for any patient with an exudative pleural effusion.
Humaira Javaid, Rukhsana Akhter, Rumana Makhdoomi, Nazia Walvir, Sumaira Qadiri, Nazia Mahfooz   +5 more
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Clinical Outcomes of the POPCORN Study: Pharmacodynamics of Pre‐Operative PD1 CheckpOint Blockade and Receptor Activator of NF‐κB Ligand (RANKL) Inhibition in Non‐Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)—A Phase 1B/2 Trial

Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, EarlyView.
Expanding on the growing evidence for neoadjuvant immunotherapy in resectable non‐small cell lung cancer, this study explored neoadjuvant nivolumab ± denosumab. Two of the 10 treated patients achieved a pathological complete response. CD8 T‐cell infiltration correlated with pathological response, warranting ongoing translational research to understand ...
Elizabeth Ahern, Cassie Turner, Rishendran Naidoo, David Godbolt, Amy Ives, Kirsten Popplewell, Zarnie Lwin, Sally Pearson, Kimberley Nelson, Jason Madore, William C Dougall, Brett G. M. Hughes   +11 more
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Pigtail catheter as an alternative option for malignant pleural effusion other than pleurodesis: a case series

Palliative Medicine in Practice
Patients with malignant pleural effusions should have pleural drainage as the preferred course of treatment. There are still issues in treating people who have malignant pleural effusions.
Yogendra Singhal, Surendra Kumar Pingoliya, Devyani Tailor, Ashwin Mathur   +3 more
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Malignant and tuberculous pleural effusions: immunophenotypic cellular characterization

Clinics, 2008
INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: Tuberculosis and cancer are the main causes of pleural effusion. Pleural involvement is associated with migration of immune cells to the pleural cavity.
Lucia Maria Zanatta de Aguiar, Leila Antonangelo, Francisco S. Vargas, Maria Cláudia Nogueira Zerbini, Maria Mirtes Sales, David E. Uip, Paulo Hilário Nascimento Saldiva   +6 more
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Optic nerve sheath meningioma exhibits neural niche‐associated transcriptomic features and rare copy number variation‐linked evolution

Brain Pathology, EarlyView.
Optic nerve sheath meningiomas are typically NF2‐intact with few copy number alterations and are generally clinically indolent. Rare aggressive recurrences are associated with progressive accumulation of copy number variations, including CDKN2A/B homozygous deletion, 1q gain, and 14q loss.
Daisuke Sato, Satoru Miyawaki, Yu Sakai, Kenta Ohara, Yu Teranishi, Yudai Hirano, Motoyuki Umekawa, Takahiro Tsuchiya, Shotaro Ogawa, So Hirata, Hiroki Hongo, Hideaki Ono, Daisuke Komura, Tetsuo Ushiku, Shumpei Ishikawa, Nobuhito Saito   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Old wine in a new bottle: Our experience with indwelling pleural catheters in malignant pleural effusion

Journal of Association of Pulmonologist of Tamil Nadu
Background: Malignant pleural effusions indicate advanced stage of cancer and making the treatment decisions difficult for the treating physicians. There are multiple treatment options for the treatment of malignant pleural effusion including pleurodesis,
Ria Lawrence, Ajay Narasimhan, R Narasimhan   +2 more
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MALIGNANT PLEURAL EFFUSION

The Professional Medical Journal, 2015
Objectives: To assess the role of video assisted thoracoscopic talc pleurodesisin the surgical management of malignant pleural effusions by comparing this procedure withpleurodesis via talc slurry through an intercostals chest tube. Design: Prospective analysisof fifty patients with malignant pleural effusion which were divided into two groups ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Biomarkers in routine diagnosis of pleural effusions

Zdravniški Vestnik, 2018
Background: Pleural fluid biochemical analysis is the first step in pleural effusion (PE) diagnostics. Our purpose was to analyse the utility of the biomarkers used at our clinic in the routine diagnosis of PE. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the PE
Tiva Nemanič, Aleš Rozman, Katja Adamič, Mateja Marc Malovrh   +3 more
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