A procedure that can help spot lung cancer early is now available at a hospital, saving patients long trips out of a county.

Clinicians frequently rely on expert opinions, which are sometimes later disproven by randomised controlled trials (RCTs). For example, intrapleural streptokinase was commonplace until the MIST-1 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The use of ultrasonography helped experienced surgeons identify intrathoracic adhesions and guided medical ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Early medical thoracoscopy for patients with multiloculated pleural infection and empyema was safe and shortened ...

PATIENTS in north Cumbria can now access specialist lung procedures closer to home. Cumberland Infirmary, this month, carried out its first medical Thoracoscopy, a minimally invasive procedure used to ...

For the diagnosis of people with pleural effusion, an initial image-assisted Abrams needle biopsy (IA-ANPB) can match medical thoracoscopy (MT) in diagnostic accuracy in some cases, a small randomized ...

You have a thoracoscopy to look inside your chest to see possible areas of cancer. Doctors use a thoracoscopy to help diagnose cancers such as lung cancer and mesothelioma. They might also do a ...

The effects of targeting stromal and tumor cell platelet-derived growth factor receptor (PDGFR) in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2011 ASCO Annual ...