Background A 29-year-old woman presented with chest pressure, progressive dyspnea, fatigue, and swelling of her face, neck and upper extremities. Four days earlier, she had undergone a procedure for ...

Although the exact incidence of superior vena cava syndrome remains unknown, the condition affects about 15 000 patients in the United States each year.1 It has mainly malignant causes. Nonmalignant ...

Superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome is more common in people who have lung cancer or cancer that spreads to the chest. The SVC is a large vein in the upper body that drains blood away from the head, ...

Lymphomas are neoplastic transformations of cells that reside primarily in lymphatic tissue, including reticuloendothelial organs. Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's lymphomas have differing cellular origins ...

Comparison of drug treatment intent in stage IV solid tumors in EU4+UK.

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Nivolumab for thymic epithelial tumors: Case series. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2020 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract does not include a full text component. If you have the ...

Lung cancer near the superior vena cava is usually the cause of SVCO. SVCO stops blood getting to the heart. This causes breathlessness as well as swelling of the face and neck. Radiotherapy aims to ...

Central venous access is necessary for the management of patients undergoing high-dose chemotherapy with autologous PBSCT. These devices are used for indications such as administration of blood ...

THE interruption of deep venous pathways in the treatment and prevention of pulmonary embolism has come to be a generally accepted surgical procedure. The preferred sites for division when deep venous ...