Article: Asbestos exposure led to cancer.

Article: Synchronous Pulmonary Carcinoma and Pleural Diffuse ...
Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine;  May 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... and pleural diffuse malignant mesothelioma is rare. Cases from ... and pleural diffuse malignant mesothelioma. Three cases of synchronous ... and pleural diffuse malignant mesothelioma were identified from ...

Article: Environmental Malignant Mesothelioma in Southern ...
Environmental Health Perspectives;  November 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Malignant mesothelioma is a highly aggressive tumor ... fibers. Although occupational malignant mesothelioma is still the most common form ... development of environmental malignant mesothelioma in some parts of the world ...

Article: Percutaneous image-guided cutting needle biopsy of the pleura in ...
Chest;  December 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... approximately 30% for detecting malignant mesothelioma, and thoracoscopic biopsy has ... patients with a final diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma were identified from 53 consecutive ... correct histologic diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma was made by CNB in 18 patients ...

Article: The role of closed pleural needle biopsy in the diagnosis of ...
Chest;  October 1, 1992 ;     700+ words ...Malignant mesothelioma of the pleura is a disease ... of 20 consecutive cases of malignant mesothelioma of the pleura diagnosed between ... effective manner of diagnosing malignant mesothelioma of the pleura, and should ...

Article: Pleural fluid analysis in malignant mesothelioma: ...
Chest;  October 1, 1991 ;     700+ words ... ... characteristics of 26 patients diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma over an 18-year period were reviewed ... equal to] 7.30). Patients with malignant mesothelioma pleural effusions had statistically ... fluid findings in patients with malignant mesothelioma and a single small ...

Article: Pleurectomy/decortication and adjuvant therapy for ...
Chest;  April 1, 1993 ;     700+ words ...Malignant mesothelioma is an uncommon and usually ... decortication and adjuvant therapy for malignant mesothelioma. It is still unclear whether ... tumor. NATURAL HISTORY OF MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA Several issues are worth emphasizing ...

Article: AIDS and malignant mesothelioma - is there a ...
Chest;  April 1, 1993 ;     700+ words ... ... exudative pleural effusion. A malignant mesothelioma developed at the pleural blebs ... three months later. At autopsy, a malignant mesothelioma, causing respiratory failure and ... postulate that the development of malignant mesothelioma was probably related to HIV immune ...