Background Malignant pleural mesothelioma is almost always fatal, and few treatment
options are available. Although active symptom control (ASC) has been recommended for …

Thirty six patients with chronic airflow obstruction were studied to examine (1) the
reproducibility and order effect of repeated walking tests when performed over consecutive …

Introduction: Malignant mesothelioma is a fatal neoplasm, which is rapidly increasing in
incidence throughout Western Europe. To date there have been no studies reporting on the …

Discussion There are only two previous single case reports of acute hydrocortisone
myopathy occuring in acute severe asthma.'2 There are similarities between our case and …

Evidence suggests that the majority of lung cancer patients have tumour‐derived genetic
alterations in circulating plasma DNA, and that this may be developed as a diagnostic tool …

Lung cancer has a poor prognosis. It is reasonably common in general practice, needs good
palliative care, and requires co-operation between several health care teams to be …

Malignant mesothelioma is almost invariably fatal. The incidence of the disease is rising
rapidly in many countries, and there is no generally accepted standard treatment for patients …

Respiratory symptoms such as breathlessness and cough are common in patients with
advancing and incurable disease. For example, cancer, chronic cardiac and pulmonary …

Study objectives A proportion of patients with chronic airflow limitation (CAL) have a raised
resting energy expenditure (REE). The mechanism underlying this is not known. The …

Unlike Mark Twain, most smokers find quitting difficult. A heavy smoker who stops once,
never to start again, is rare. The average number of attempts for those who eventually …