Lung cancer and pleural mesothelioma are often confused, so it’s important to understand the key differences between them, including tumor location and treatments. Lung cancer and pleural mesothelioma ...

Pleural diseases affect the pleural tissue that lines the inside of the chest cavity and covers the outside of the lungs. The visceral pleura (which covers the lung) and the parietal pleura (which ...

Lung Therapeutics has raised a $36 million series C round to take a treatment for a serious complication of pneumonia through phase 2 studies. Texas-based Lung Therapeutics is built on the research of ...

IT is the unfortunate lot of some patients dying of metastatic cancer of the breast, lung, cervix and so forth to be plagued by severe dyspnea due to recurrent malignant pleural effusions. Many of ...

A 66-year-old woman presented for evaluation after developing effusion around her left lung. She had been diagnosed previously with extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer, which was treated. The ...

Lung cancer patients are particularly susceptible to malignant pleural effusion, when fluid collects in the space between the lungs and the chest wall. Researchers have discovered a novel mechanism ...

Press the palms of your hands together; then twist them aquarter-turn, still keeping the palms flat together to form anairtight seal around the center. Now try to pull them apart withoutbreaking the ...

Lung cancer patients are particularly susceptible to malignant pleural effusion, when fluid collects in the space between the lungs and the chest wall. Researchers have discovered a novel mechanism ...

Lung is the leading cancer site in males, comprising 17% of the total new cancer cases and 23% of the total cancer deaths. Cancer survival tends to be poorer in developing countries, most likely ...

Chemical pleurodesis. The surgeon puts a chemical, usually talc, into the pleural space (the space between your lungs and your chest wall.)‌ Mechanical pleurodesis. The surgeon abrades (brushes) the ...