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Bypass Surgery & Pleural Effusion

...sion involves the accumulation of fluid within the pleural space in the chest. Pleural space is //the narrow ...leura. The study indicated that almost 55% had a pleural effusion one month after the bypass surgery. Around 15 per cent of cases had an effusion that occupi...

An Anti-cancer Smart Bomb delivered using a Nanocell

...platin in the treatment of patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma. Alimta blocks the enzymes necessary for DNA copying and cell division and the drug is supplemented with Vitamin B12 and Folic acid to minimize the side effects of skin rash and other effects. ...

Malignant Mesothelioma – A New Genetic Revelatio

...disease in which the cancer cells are found in the pleural area (Pleura is the thin layer of tissue that is between the chest cavity and the lungs) or the peritoneum (peritoneum is a thin layer of tissue that lines most of the organs in the abdomen). Mesothelioma has so far been an incurable cancer and once ...

Malignant Mesothelioma – A New Genetic Revelation

...disease in which the cancer cells are found in the pleural area (Pleura is the thin layer of tissue that is between the chest cavity and the lungs) or the peritoneum (peritoneum is a thin layer of tissue that lines most of the organs in the abdomen). Mesothelioma has so far been an incurable cancer and once ...

Osteopontin: a useful biomarker in asbestos-related cancer

...pothesis that osteopontin is a useful biomarker in pleural mesothelioma and, more specifically, to compare se...erative levels in patients with surgically treated pleural mesothelioma.Osteopontin is a glycoprotein that is over expressed in lung, breast, colorectal, gastr...

Enzyme Urokinase Better Option In Empyema For Kids

...a, which involves pus from pneumonia infecting the pleural membrane lining the lung walls. Thirty children we... from pneumonia or a lung abscess spreads into the pleural space. About 0.6 percent of childhood pneumonia progresses to empyema. The aim of treatment in emp...

Oncology Drug Pemnat Launched By NATCO

...ll cell lung cancer and certain types of malignant pleural mesothelioma (cancer affecting lining of lungs).The medicine, is available in 20 ml vials in the market for a single injection. It should be administered after chemotherapy, said the company. MST...

Chemo Combination Improves Survival in Asbestos-Related Cancer

...h is needed into the optimum treatment regimen for pleural mesothelioma.” The review appears in the current issue of The Cochrane Library, a publication of The Cochrane Collaboration, an international organization that evaluates medical research. Systematic reviews draw evidence-based conclusions about med...

Dr. ‘NO’ Admitted for Lung Conditin

...r has been admitted for severe anemia and residual pleural effusion (fluid in the lining of the lungs) and her hospitalization follows weeks of incapacitated behavior such as incoherence, disorientation, difficulty understanding questions etc. during various meetings. Since protests against the minister ...

Talcum Powder Curbs Lung Tumor Risk

...rface of the lungs, a condition known as malignant pleural effusion. We found, to our surprise, that talc c...ompared lung fluid from 16 patients with malignant pleural effusions before and after doctors dusted their lungs with talc. The results were startling. We we...

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