If your doctor needs to figure out why you're having trouble breathing or to check for other lung problems, they may suggest lung diffusion testing. It measures how well your lungs are working. Lung ...

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EMERGE: A Randomized Phase II Study of the Antibody-Drug Conjugate Glembatumumab Vedotin in Advanced Glycoprotein NMB–Expressing Breast Cancer This study was undertaken to determine the magnitude of ...

The diffusion capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide (DLCO) is used to measure the body's ability to transfer oxygen across the alveolar-capillary membrane. [1] Internists use this test to identify ...

October 7, 2011 (Miami Beach, Florida) — Radiation to the whole breast for early breast cancer does not place women at increased risk for long-term pulmonary toxicity, compared with mastectomy, ...

A persistent scarcity of oxygen in body tissues -- a widespread problem in patients with heart or lung disease -- can create a defect of red blood cells that further exacerbates the condition by ...

Over the course of 1,188 clinic visits, 370 childhood cancer survivors (53% male; 47% Hispanic; 69% leukemia/lymphoma survivors; median age at diagnosis, 11.1 years [range, 0.3 to 21.9 years]; time ...

Nonsmokers who develop lung cancer are more likely than their smoking counterparts to have a mutation in a gene called EGFR, a new study shows. The discovery could be good news for these nonsmokers ...

Researchers from the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland have invented an artificial lung that breathes regular air instead of purified ...