Diagnosis of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
American Family Physician - January 15, 2000, by Barbara Apgar
Not only has the prevalence of malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) increased over the past 40 years, it is anticipated that the increase will continue because of the widespread use of asbestos from the 1940s to the end of the 1970s. MPM is a highly lethal neoplasm, and d... (Read More)
A cluster of acoustic neuromas in fish hatchery workers - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included
Ear, Nose & Throat Journal - January 1, 2000, by Elena H. Page
Abstract
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) received a request from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to determine if there is a relationship between acoustic neuroma and fish hatchery work. The request was triggered by a r... (Read More)
Predicting Survival in Patients With Recurrent Symptomatic Malignant Pleural Effusions - )
Chest - January 1, 2000, by Craig M. Burrows,
W. Christopher Mathews,
Henri G. Colt
An Assessment of the Prognostic Values of Physiologic, Morphologic, and Quality of Life Measures of Extent of Disease
Purpose: To determine the prognostic value of pleural fluid pH, pleural fluid glucose, extent of pleural carcinomatosis (EPC) score, and Karnofsky Perfo... (Read More)
Pleuropneumonectomy in the Treatment of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma - )
Chest - December 1, 1999, by Sean C. Grondin,
David J. Sugarbaker
Study objectives: Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is predominantly a local/regional disease that results in a survival time that ranges from 4 to 12 months without treatment. Single-modality therapy using surgery, chemotherapy, or radiotherapy alone is largely ineffe... (Read More)
Surgical Treatment of Mesothelioma: Pleurectomy - )
Chest - December 1, 1999, by John R. Roberts
Definition
Mesothelioma is a rare form of cancer. In mesothelioma, malignant cells are found in the sac lining of the chest (the pleura) or the abdomen (the peritoneum). The majority of people with mesothelioma have a history of jobs that exposed them to asbestos, an insula... (Read More)
Emerging Translational Therapies for Mesothelioma - )
Chest - December 1, 1999, by Harvey I. Pass,
Bruce W. Robinson,
Joseph R. Testa,
Michele Carbone
Malignant pleural mesothelioma remains a therapeutic and diagnostic problem. Translational mechanisms for treatment of the disease are emerging from newly learned characteristics of the tumor on a molecular, cellular, and extracellular basis. Although slow to reach the cl... (Read More)
Mesothelioma Clinical Presentation - )
Chest - December 1, 1999, by Raphael Bueno
Objectives: Clinical teaching of treatment for mesothelioma
Design: Case presentation
Setting: Postgraduate course
Patient: A 52-year-old man with chest pain
Interventions: Multimodality therapy consisted of surgery, intrapleural chemotherapy, chemotherapy, and ra... (Read More)
Introduction: Multimodality Therapy of Chest Malignancies—Update '98 - )
Chest - December 1, 1999, by David J. Sugarbaker
(CHEST 1999; 116:443S)
The "Multimodality Therapy of Chest Malignancies" course was a tremendous success. I was personally pleased by the quality and scope of the faculty presentations and registrants' participation, Since the first course in 1990, we have advocated the... (Read More)
Obituaries - Obituary
British Medical Journal - November 27, 1999
John ("Jack") Parsons Shillingford
Former professor of cardiology (b 1914; q The London/Harvard 1944 (Magna Cum Laude); FRCP, FACP; CBE), d 16 September 1999. He was one of the leading researchers into the causes of heart disease and a pioneer in the introduction of cor... (Read More)
Thoracoscopy - ): Window to the Pleural Space
Chest - November 1, 1999, by Henri G. Colt
Window to the Pleural Space
Thoracoscopy has provided chest physicians and surgeons with an opportunity to rethink their approach to patients with pleural and pulmonary disease. In this review, several methods pertaining to videothoracoscopic procedures are described ar... (Read More)
Recent Advances in Pulmonary Imaging - )
Chest - November 1, 1999, by Daniel D. Maki,
Warren B. Gefter,
Abass Alavi
Recent years have witnessed an explosion in imaging technology applicable to chest medicine. These include CT and magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) for the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism, and high-resolution CT for the detection and characterization of diffuse lung di... (Read More)
A lesson to be learnt: A word out of place
British Medical Journal - October 23, 1999, by Solomon Almond
Some two years ago we looked after a man in his late 40s who had had unremitting pleural pain for several weeks. His chest radiograph revealed marked pleural thickening in the distribution of his pain and he had a history of exposure to asbestos dust. We suspected mesothe... (Read More)
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