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Role of thoracoscopy, mediastinoscopy and laparoscopy in the diagnosis and staging of malignant pleural mesothelioma.

open access: yesJournal of Visualized Surgery, 2016
Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is an aggressive malignancy with dismal prognosis. Unfortunately, chemotherapy only marginally extends patient survival and palliative care often remains the sole therapeutic option.
O. Wald   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Approaching a patient with poststernal pain after eating: A case report

open access: yesClinical Case Reports, Volume 12, Issue 8, August 2024.
Key Clinical Message This article reports a case of mediastinal lymph node tuberculosis with no obvious symptoms and a concealed focus. This patient, a 33‐year‐old male, suffered from pain behind the sternum after eating. He underwent three gastroscopic examinations and two fine needle punctures guided by ultrasound gastroscopy but was not diagnosed ...
Yanjun Feng   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diffuse large B‐cell lymphoma presenting with pulmonary artery compression symptoms, case reports

open access: yesRespirology Case Reports, Volume 12, Issue 8, August 2024.
Mediastinal diffuse large B‐cell lymphoma (DLBC) may manifest in different presentations including systemic symptoms and local mass symptoms. We report two cases of diffuse large B‐cell lymphoma presenting with pulmonary artery compression symptoms. Local mass effect symptoms may be the first clinical presentation in DLBC lymphoma and should not be ...
Mhd Baraa Habib   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Application of Videomediastinoscopy in Positive PET Finding for Mediastinal Lymph Node of Lung Cancer

open access: yesChinese Journal of Lung Cancer, 2010
Background and objective Positron emission tomography (PET) is used increasingly in staging of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) as a non-invasive tool. However, the role of PET in mediastinal lymphatic staging of NSCLC is not clear.
Lei LIU   +9 more
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Association between preoperative serum zinc level and prognosis in patients with advanced esophageal cancer in the neoadjuvant treatment era

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, Volume 8, Issue 4, Page 595-603, July 2024.
The preoperative low serum Zn level was significantly associated with poor prognosis. A low Zn level as independent factors associated with worse recurrence‐free survival in non‐responders after R0 surgery. Abstract Background Zinc (Zn), an essential trace element, has an adverse influence on the prognosis of several cancers.
Yuto Kubo   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mediastinoscopy-assisted oesophagectomy in T1 oesophageal cancer patients with serious comorbidities: a 5-year long-term follow-up.

open access: yesInteractive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, 2015
OBJECTIVES Transthoracic oesophagectomy is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Some oesophageal cancer (OC) patients with serious comorbidities cannot tolerate transthoracic oesophagectomy.
Jun Wang   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Beginning of the End of Mediastinoscopy? [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Thoracic Oncology, 2008
The answer is (hold your breath)—not yet. But the evidence continues to accumulate for the efficacy of endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) and esophageal ultrasound fine needle aspiration (FNA) approaches to mediastinal staging in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
openaire   +3 more sources

The utility of ROSE (rapid on-site evaluation) in endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS)-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA): Is the picture rosy?

open access: yesJournal of Cytology, 2015
Background: Mediastinal lymphadenopathy (ML) presents a diagnostic challenge. The technique to sample the lymph nodes has evolved from conventional "blind" transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) to the present day endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS)-guided ...
Varuna Mallya   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Is It Time to (Re)define the N‐Category for Metastatic Lymph Nodes in Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer?

open access: yes
The Clinical Respiratory Journal, Volume 18, Issue 10, October 2024.
Koen C. H. A. Verkoulen   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Patients’ Preferences Regarding Invasive Mediastinal Nodal Staging of Resectable Lung Cancer

open access: yesPatient Preference and Adherence, 2021
Jelle E Bousema,1 Fieke Hoeijmakers,2 Marcel GW Dijkgraaf,3 Jouke T Annema,4 Frank JC van den Broek,1 M Elske van den Akker-van Marle5 On behalf of the MEDIASTrial Study Group1Department of Surgery, Máxima MC, Veldhoven, 5500 MB, the Netherlands ...
Bousema JE   +5 more
doaj  

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