恶性胸腔积液（Malignant Pleural Effusion，MPE）指的是由胸膜原发恶性肿瘤，或者其他部位恶性肿瘤转移至胸膜所引发的胸腔积液。50% 以上的 MPE 由肺癌和乳腺癌导致。MPE 是肺癌患者预后不良的关键因素，一般来说，出现 ...

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Pleurisy, or pleural effusion, is a condition in which the pleura, two large, thin layers of tissue that separate your lungs from your chest wall becomes inflamed. Not all patients will need ...

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Fig 1. Selected recommendations regarding surgery, pathology, and germline testing for pleural mesothelioma. C, conditional; H, high; IHC, immunohistochemistry; M ...

Catheter is placed called Tunneled indwelling pleural catheter, so you can have pleural effusion at home. Draining the catheter 2-3 times week or as directed by the physician. There is not an ...

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You can see details of the main clinical trial on the UCL website. HIT-Meso aims to find out how well a new therapy, called Proton Beam Therapy, can be used to treat pleural mesothelioma patients.