Malignant pleural effusions (MPE) are a common pathology, treated by respiratory
physicians and thoracic surgeons alike. In recent years, several well-designed randomized …

miRNAs are responsible for post-transcriptional control of gene expression, and are
frequently downregulated in cancer. It has become well established that restoring miRNA …

Cell-free microRNAs in plasma and serum have become a promising source of biomarkers
for various diseases. Despite rapid progress in this field, there remains a lack of consensus …

Background Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is recalcitrant to treatment and new
approaches to therapy are needed. Reduced expression of miR-15/16 in a range of cancer …

Asbestos (Greek, inextinguishable) is the term of a family of naturally occurring minerals that
have been used in small scale since ancient times. Industrialization demanded increased …

Introduction The upregulation of programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) is found in many
cancers and contributes to evasion of the host's immune defense. In malignant pleural …

Abstract On November 9 and 10, 2015, the International Conference on Mesothelioma in
Populations Exposed to Naturally Occurring Asbestiform Fibers was held at the University of …

Abstract On March 28–29, 2017, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Thoracic Malignacy
Steering Committee, International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, and …

Thyroid cancer (TC) is one of the most frequent endocrine malignancies that is more
common among females. Tumor recurrence is one of the most important clinical …

Abstract The European Respiratory Society (ERS)/European Society of Thoracic Surgeons
(ESTS)/European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS)/European Society for …