Heart drug offers possible treatment for patients facing respiratory failure
Treatment with the calcium-sensitizing drug levosimendan may be effective in improving muscle function in patients with respiratory muscle weakness,
Treatment with the calcium-sensitizing drug levosimendan may be effective in improving muscle function in patients with respiratory muscle weakness,
by Dr Sunil Upadhyay – The incidence of small cell lung cancer accounts for nearly 15% of all diagnosed lung cancers. The majority present with locally advanced disease… read more.
by Dr Sunil Upadhyay – In 1838 E. S. Hare published work about tumours involving certain nerves.1 However, Henry Pancoast, a radiologist from Philadelphia described the classical clinical… read more.
by Dr Sunil Upadhyay – Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (MPM) is of insidious onset and almost uniformly a fatal disease. Around 90% of the patients can be linked to… read more.
by Dr Sunil Upadhyay – Increased Met signalling in tumours can occur from increased levels of Hepatocyte Growth Factor (HGF), activating mutations within Met, and/or receptor over expression… read more.
by Dr Sunil Upadhyay – Advanced non-small cell carcinoma of the lung represents one of the major unmet needs for an effective and prolonged survival outcome. The majority… read more.
by Dr Sunil Upadhyay – Since the publication of the iPASS trial data, gefitinib has become the treatment of choice in EGFR mutation positive tumours. However, almost all… read more.
by Dr Sunil Upadhyay – At the recently held 14th World Conference on Lung Cancer in Amsterdam, on behalf of the investigators, the randomised phase III clinical trial… read more.
by Dr Sunil Upadhyay – A platinum doublet remains the current gold standard in the management of EGFR mutation negative, advanced non-small cell lung cancers. Pemetrexed is the… read more.
by Dr Sunil Upadhyay – The way we have defined cancer has not changed over centuries. Most of the lung cancers are associated with smoking. There is plenty… read more.
Foreward by Dr Sanjay Popat (pictured). The 14th Annual Scientific Meeting of the IASLC has now closed. Held in Amsterdam at the beginning of July 2011, the annual… read more.
Gender differences between donor and recipient might have an impact on outcome after heart transplantation (HTx). The literature review revealed controversial results. Ingo Kaczmarek and colleagues from Munich, Germany… read more.
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