825 results for “General Electric”, page 42 of 42
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Medical study · Medical research · 2020
Conversion surgery for locally advanced malignant pleural mesothelioma
This case report from Shizuoka Cancer Center, Japan, described two women aged 60 and 67. Both had epithelioid malignant pleural mesothelioma judged inoperable at diagnosis (clinical stage IIIB). The 67-year-old woman had a history of asbestos…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2020
Clinical feature of diagnostic challenging cases for pleural biopsy in patient with malignant pleural mesothelioma
This retrospective study from one hospital in Japan reviewed 400 consecutive patients suspected of having malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). All had a surgical pleural biopsy by video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) between 2004 and 2017. The…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2021
Non-incisional pleurectomy/decortication for malignant pleural mesothelioma
This retrospective review from one hospital in Kitakyushu, Japan, assessed a surgical technique the authors developed for malignant pleural mesothelioma: pleurectomy/decortication done without cutting into the pleura ("non-incisional"), intended to…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2020
Treatment of bronchial fistula after extraplural pneumonectomy using flexible bronchoscopy with the administration of OK432, fibroblast growth factor basic and fibrin glue sealant
This case report describes one patient, a 49-year-old man with malignant pleural mesothelioma. He had his right lung and surrounding pleura removed (a right extrapleural pneumonectomy) after chemotherapy given before surgery. The article does not…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2024
A gut microbiota rheostat forecasts responsiveness to PD-L1 and VEGF blockade in mesothelioma
…with CD68+ monocytes were identified as tumour-intrinsic resistance factors. The log-ratio of gut-resident microbial genera positively correlated with radiological response to AtzBev and CD8+ T cell infiltration, but was inversely correlated with UPD…