A key unknown of the functional space in tumor immunity is whether CD4 T cells depend on
intratumoral MHCII cancer antigen recognition. MHCII-expressing, antigen-presenting cancer…

Objective: A prospective randomized study was conducted in order to analyze the role of
fibrinolytics in the treatment of complicated parapneumonic effusion. Methods: From 2001 to …

OBJECTIVES Patients undergoing thoracotomy were studied to compare the effects of
cryoanalgesia, combined with intravenous patient-controlled analgesia (IVPCA), against IVPCA …

BACKGROUND: A retrospective study was conducted to define the characteristics and the
prognosis of N2 disease subgroups according to their patterns of spread. METHODS: From …

Although a malignant pleural effusion is considered a manifestation of an advanced stage
disease not amenable to curative resection in patients with non-small cell lung cancer, the …

A best evidence topic was written according to a structured protocol. The question addressed
was whether postoperative mechanical ventilation has any effect on the incidence of …

Solitary mediastinal cystic lymphangioma is an extremely rare tumor-like abnormality of the
lymphatic system, of congenital origin. From 1996 to 2003, 4 cases of solitary mediastinal …

BACKGROUND The necessity to develop more effective chemotherapy regimens in advanced
nonsmall cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) prompted the authors to evaluate the paclitaxel‐…

In an attempt to develop more effective chemotherapy regimens in advanced nonsmall cell
lung cancer (NSCLC), we evaluated docetaxel‐ifosfamide‐cisplatin (DIP) based on our …

We describe a rare case of primitive neuroectodermal tumor arising from the thoracic wall in
a 48-year-old man. He underwent extensive resection of the tumor en bloc with the …