Vol 7, No 6 (June 08, 2015): Journal of Thoracic Disease (Advances and Controversies in Pleural Diseases)

Editorial

Advances and controversies in pleural diseases

José M. Porcel, Georgios Statophoulos, Yun Chor Gary Lee

PDF Pages: 961-963 Full Text (5414) Open Access

Review Article

Pleural mesothelial cells in pleural and lung diseases

Hitesh Batra, Veena B. Antony

PDF Pages: 964-980 Full Text (27379) Open Access

Tuberculous pleural effusions: advances and controversies

Morné J. Vorster, Brian W. Allwood, Andreas H. Diacon, Coenraad F. N. Koegelenberg

PDF Pages: 981-991 Full Text (22725) Open Access

Pneumonia and empyema: causal, casual or unknown

Lindsay McCauley, Nathan Dean

PDF Pages: 992-998 Full Text (12869) Open Access

Intrapleural tissue plasminogen activator and deoxyribonuclease therapy for pleural infection

Francesco Piccolo, Natalia Popowicz, Donny Wong, Yun Chor Gary Lee

PDF Pages: 999-1008 Full Text (9710) Open Access

Switching off malignant pleural effusion formation—fantasy or future?

Magda Spella, Anastasios D. Giannou, Georgios T. Stathopoulos

PDF Pages: 1009-1020 Full Text (10818) Open Access

Pleural involvement in lung cancer

Theodora Agalioti, Anastasios D. Giannou, Georgios T. Stathopoulos

PDF Pages: 1021-1030 Full Text (7158) Open Access

MicroRNAs in mesothelioma: from tumour suppressors and biomarkers to therapeutic targets

Glen Reid

PDF Pages: 1031-1040 Full Text (11129) Open Access

Pleural controversies: image guided biopsy vs. thoracoscopy for undiagnosed pleural effusions?

Giles Dixon, Duneesha de Fonseka, Nick Maskell

PDF Pages: 1041-1051 Full Text (8084) Open Access

Pleural controversies: indwelling pleural catheter vs. pleurodesis for malignant pleural effusions

Marc Fortin, Alain Tremblay

PDF Pages: 1052-1057 Full Text (9647) Open Access

Pleural procedural complications: prevention and management

John P. Corcoran, Ioannis Psallidas, John M. Wrightson, Robert J. Hallifax, Najib M. Rahman

PDF Pages: 1058-1067 Full Text (9312) Open Access

Distinguished Editorial Board Member

A master of masters in cardiac surgery: Lawrence H. Cohn

Scarllet X. You

PDF Pages: 1068-1069 Full Text (2446) Open Access

Disclosure:

The focused issue “Advances and Controversies in Pleural Diseases” was commissioned by the editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any sponsorship or funding. José M. Porcel, Georgios Statophoulos and Yun Chor Gary Lee served as the unpaid Guest Editors for the focused issue.