Medically reviewed by Oliver Eng, MD Mesothelioma is a cancer that develops in the thin tissue that lines some internal ...

If imaging tests show a mass in the lung area, fluid buildup in the lungs (pleural effusions), or other potential signs of pleural mesothelioma, a tissue biopsy will be performed to make a proper ...

Pleural mesothelioma develops in the lining of the lungs (also known as the pleura). The pleura helps reduce friction as the lungs work. There are two layers in the pleura with fluid in between them.

Background: The role of tumour markers such as carbohydrate antigen (CA) 125, CA 15-3, CA 19-9 and CYFRA 21-1 (a fragment of cytokeratin 19) in differentiating malignant pleural effusions (MPE) from ...

Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a primary and locally aggressive tumor of the pleura. A well defined causal relationship with asbestos exposure, and an overwhelming media interest in the ...

Efficacy of Subsequent Treatments After Disease Progression on CDK4/6 Inhibitors in Patients With Hormone Receptor–Positive Advanced Breast Cancer Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) is common in ...

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Background: Ascites and pleural effusion are well recognized complications of pancreatic diseases. Drug therapy of these is limited by high cost, prolonged hospitalization and failure rates ...

To do this, the team subjected a reactive medium to a hyperbolic flow, a type of fluid flow in which fluid elements are stretched in one direction and compressed in another. "We first prepared ...

Asbestos mining on an industrial scale started at the end of the 1800s, with the development of mesothelioma in exposed miners first reported 50 years later (Wagner et al., 1960). The use of asbestos ...