X-ray study demonstrated a large left-sided pleural effusion; 2000 ml. of pleural fluid was removed. It contained clumps of anaplastic tumor cells thought to arise from a primary lung carcinoma.

Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the most common type of lung cancer in the United States. It can cause a buildup of fluid around the lungs, known as pleural effusion. Roughly 80-85% of all ...

Pleural effusion, sometimes called water on the lung, is a buildup of fluid between the lungs and the chest cavity. It can result from pneumonia, heart failure, cancer, and other conditions ...

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 ...

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 ...

Response to bevacizumab combination chemotherapy of malignant pleural effusions associated with non-squamous non-small-cell lung cancer, Molecular and Clinical Oncology, 3, 2, (415-419), (2014 ...

new-onset pleural effusion May 2, 2008 A 67-year-old white female who was treated for exacerbation of her chronic obstructive pulmonary disease returned a week later with the same shortness of breath.

Pleural mesothelioma is the most common form of cancer affecting the mesothelium, the protective membrane around your lungs, heart, and abdomen. While rare, this cancer can progress quickly, so it ...

The scientists were able to identify and maintain cancer stem cells, as reported in PLoS One. Malignant pleural effusions may be useful as a model to study lung cancer progression and lung cancer ...

Lung cancer patients are particularly susceptible to malignant pleural effusion, when fluid collects in the space between the lungs and the chest wall. Researchers at the Helmholtz Zentrum ...