Cancer pain significantly affects the diagnosis, quality of life and survival of patients with
cancer. During the past decade, preclinical and clinical data has begun to provide insight …

Many centres are now seeing increasing numbers of patients with malignant mesothelioma.
This presents pathologists involved in making the diagnosis with a number of problems …

We identified a discrete number of microRNAs differentially expressed in benign or
malignant mesothelial tissues. We focused on mir-145 whose levels were significantly …

Ultrasound (US) is an ideal diagnostic tool for paediatric patients owning to its high spatial
and temporal resolution, real-time imaging, and lack of ionizing radiation and bedside …

Primary and metastatic pleural neoplasms, and non‐neoplastic pleural diseases, can have
similar clinical, radiographic and gross features. However, treatments and prognoses of …

Context.—Benign tumors and tumorlike conditions of the lung are encountered in the
pathologic evaluation of asymptomatic and symptomatic lung nodules. Since many of these …

Context.—Desmoid tumors arising in the lung and pleura are extremely rare and can
resemble other, more common neoplasms native to these sites. Alterations of the …

There are various neoplasms and tumour-like conditions of the pleura. Mesothelioma is
perhaps the most widely recognised; however, there are many others that are more common …

Aim: miRNAs may act as promising diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers of mesothelioma.
This study integrates serum miR-548a-3p and miR-20a expression based on in silico data …

Primary pleural tumors are rare. By definition, they are benign or malignant lesions arising
from either the parietal or visceral pleura. These tumors grow at variable rates and their …