After oral administration of 30mg prednisolone, re-accumulation of fluid in the pleural space was controlled and the prednisolone dose was gradually tapered. Corticosteroids could be effective treatment for delayed pleural effusion after radiotherapy, and should be considered an option for treatment-...
A pleural effusion is when there is an abnormal accumulation of fluid within the pleural cavity. However, it is commonly referred to as water on the lungs orfluid around the lungs. It must not be confused with pulmonary edema which isfluid in the lungs. When there is an accumulation of bl...
“Because mesothelioma is such a rare cancer, it’s common for the diagnosis to either not be established the first time, or to be the wrong diagnosis because it can look like other diseases.” – Dr. Joseph Friedberg, pleural mesothelioma specialist Even if you’ve been given a different ...
Treatments are primarily focused on easing pain, though chemotherapy may be an option.Median Life Expectancy 12 monthsLearn More About Stage 4 Mesothelioma Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Prognosis A prognosis is the projected outcome of a disease. Mesothelioma prognosis is typically measured using survival...
Clinical trials are always in progress to look for new therapies or combinations of therapies for people with all types and stages of lung cancer. Participating in such a study is another treatment option. Lung Cancer Follow-up Following surgery for operable lung cancer cases, there is an increa...
Etoposide combined with platinum (EP) is the main treatment option for extensive-stage SCLC (ES-SCLC), and the guidelines recommended EP combined with immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) as the first-line treatment for SCLC patients (Tariq et al., 2021). A multicenter study from 23 countries ...
Combined with anti-PD-1/PD-L1 immunotherapy, MVA-based vaccines might provide an attractive option for personalized treatment of NSCLC [235]. A nano-vaccine loaded with tumor cells, which promoted activation of CD8+ and CD4+T cells and induced tumor-specific T cells, aiding in the detection ...
“With this approval, Merck is proud to offer a new treatment option to certain patients with locally advanced unresectable or metastatic biliary tract cancer, and their healthcare providers, that has shown an overall survival b...
“This approval marks a pivotal moment for the lung cancer community by providing certain patients with earlier stages of non-small cell lung cancer and healthcare providers with an important new treatment option.” ...
Radioembolization with yttrium-90 microspheres offers an alternative radiotherapy option for primary and secondary intrahepatic tumours.12 In this treatment modality, β-emitting yttrium-90 microspheres are injected into the hepatic artery feeding the tumour, become trapped in the tumour and emit local int...