The role of surgery for malignant pleural mesothelioma encompasses the need for rapid diagnosis, preoperative staging and surgical resection, and also the need for a greater biological ...

ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Andrew Speaker and his physicians have decided that the 31-year-old lawyer who is infected with drug-resistant tuberculosis should undergo surgery to remove infected and ...

In retrospect, nucleic-acid-amplification techniques for M. tuberculosis nucleic acids, and culture of the pleural biopsy, should immediately have been requested by the attending physician of the ...

AURORA, Colorado (CNN)-- The Atlanta lawyer whose tuberculosis diagnosis caused an international health scare is in good condition Thursday, two days after surgery to remove part of his lungs.

Andrew Stanton offers insight into pleural procedures, standardised training need and improved ultrasound protocols to ...