Bernard was a lifelong Mancunian and the first member of his family to attend university. His enthusiasm and aptitudes meant he struggled initially to choose a specialty, but he never regretted ...

The devastating long-term impact of asbestos exposure has once again been brought into sharp focus following the case of a ...

The main pharmacological interventions for palliation of breathlessness would be opioids, ie, oromorph and benzodiazepines ...

Cancer treatment has long faced a challenging trade-off: therapies strong enough to eliminate tumors often cause severe side effects. One promising solution involves cytokines, natural proteins that ...

Asbestos-related pleural diseases affect the pleura or lung lining. Pleural diseases include pleural plaques, thickening, and mesothelioma.

Diagnoses were established by both fluid cytology and immunohistochemical staining of pleural biopsies performed by the pathology department at Laënnec Hospital (St‐Herblain, France) and then ...

An overview of clinical and preclinical research in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma, highlighting major companies involved, therapeutic evaluations, upcoming treatments, treatment strategies ...

Mesothelioma is a rare but almost always fatal form of cancer linked to asbestos exposure. It is predominantly detected among ...

Although a majority of mesothelioma cases have been found to involve EGFR overexpression, that has been a poor predictor of response to EGFR-targeted therapies in the studies of mesothelioma to date.

Pemetrexed alone or in combination with cisplatin in previously treated patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM): Outcomes of an expanded access program (EAP) No significant financial ...