...Michael A. Mitchell; Andrew Burkett; Pen Li; Tinghua Zhang; Kayvan Amjadi Background: Indwelling pleural catheters (IPC) are commonly used in the management of malignant pleural effusions (MPE). The effect of systemic chemotherapy on IPC removal has not been reported previously. Objectives...

... of lung carcinogenesis. The benefit of chemotherapy for lung cancer in cases of IPF remains unknown. Objectives: This study was conducted to elucidate the efficacy of chemotherapy for advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in patients with IPF. Methods: Advanced (i.e. stage IIIB and IV) NSCLC...

...Dariusz M. Kowalski; Maciej Krzakowski; Piotr Jaśkiewicz; Włodzimierz Olszewski; Anna Janowicz-Żebrowska; Kamila Wojas-Krawczyk; Paweł Krawczyk Background: Chemotherapy is the principal treatment method for patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Treatment with platinum-based...

... (TB) patients. Objective: To characterize the dynamics of cytokine responses in TB patients during chemotherapy to identify potential surrogate markers for effective treatment. Methods: Following induction by culture filtrate proteins in whole blood, production patterns of TNF-α, IL-10, IFN-γ and IL...

... of this type of lymphoma, treatment with chemotherapy alone and a feeding gastrostomy were started. After eight cycles of cyclophosphamide and prednisone, the fistula healed spontaneously. Two years later, the patient continues to do well and is in remission. In patients with Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma...

... choriocarcinoma apparently arising in the lung are presented to illustrate its clinical spectrum, the utility of serum beta human chorionic gonadotropin, and responsiveness to chemotherapy. Most plausible origins of these malignancies and differential diagnosis are briefly discussed. fespolion Case Report...

... by primary lung cancer, of whom 31 served as a control group and 19 were submitted to BAL after chemo- and/or radiotherapy. Data from BAL performed in an unaffected lung area show that antiblastic therapy can produce alterations in the terminal airways without clinical evidence. Chemotherapy causes...

... to the experience of other transplant centers where TBI is used in order to determine if preconditioning regimens increase the risk of developing BrOb [2,15]. 1 09 1992 18 03 1993 20 1 2009 Bone marrow transplantation Bronchiolitis obliterans Graft-versus-host disease Chemotherapy Total...

...G.P.M. ten Velde; E.F.M. Wouters; L.H. Greve; A. Vermeulen; A.H. Keijser; G.H. Blijham 28 consecutive patients with small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) aged 48–78 years (with exclusion of 4 patients over 80 years) were treated with combination chemotherapy in the schedule AAA-BBB-AAA-BBB, where...

.... Neoplastic pleural effusions Chemotherapy m-[di-(2-chloroethyl)-amino]-L-phenylalanine (peptichemio) Abstract. Efficacy of local treatment of neoplastic pleural effusions may be related to the administered drugs, as judged by our series of 225 patients. The evaluation of the local improvement - which did...

... lung cancer in a 54-year-old man. The fistula contained the tip of the catheter placed for chemotherapy perfusion. The reported case presented risk factors previously identified for such a complication. In addition, some clinical particularities were present, suggesting new potent risk factors and some...

... in neutrophilic inflammation, there is an ongoing controversy about the feasibility of such anti-neutrophilic approaches. Systemic chemotherapy has broad side effects, including neutrophil toxicity. Objectives: In this observational study, we have measured cellular and neutrophil-related inflammatory markers...

...J.J. Yeh; W.H. Hsu; J.J. Wang; S.T. Ho; A. Kao Background: It was reported that multidrug resistance gene 1 (MDR1) encoding human P-glycoprotein (Pgp) may play an important role in multidrug resistance of lung cancer. Therefore, before initiating chemotherapy, it is important to accurately...

... and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Acute myeloid leukemia Pulmonary infiltrates Chemotherapy Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery Immunohistochemical...

... edema, pleural effusions and ascites [ 6 ], and occasionally with hypersensitivity pneumonitis [ 7 ]. Finally, it has been suggested by several investigators that G-CSF may play a role in the development of pulmonary edema, or may enhance chemotherapy-related pulmonary damage [ 8, 9, 10 ]. Herein we...