Giant Intrathoracic Mass in a Young Woman With Acute Kidney Injury.

A 35-year-old woman without past medical history sought treatment for fatigue and dry cough of 3 weeks' duration. Basic laboratory tests revealed severe anemia. She had no history of bleeding, hemoptysis, dyspnea, or fever.

Changes in plasma miR-9, miR-16, miR-205 and miR-486 levels after non-small cell lung cancer resection.

Purpose: The majority of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients presents with an advanced-stage disease and, consequently, exhibits a poor overall survival rate. We aimed to assess changes in plasma miR-9, miR-16, miR-205 and miR-486 levels and their potential as biomarkers for the diagnosis and monitoring of NSCLC patients.

Methods: Plasma was collected from 50 healthy donors and from NSCLC patients before surgery (n = 61), 1 month after surgery (n = 37) and 1 year after surgery (n = 14).

VEGF, IL-18 and NO production by neutrophils and their serum levels in patients with oral cavity cancer.

It is known that the relationship between pro-angiogenic and anti-angiogenic factors is responsible for the presence and intensity of neoangiogenesis. The angiogenic factors are produced by tumour cells and/or by tumour-infiltrating inflammatory cells such as macrophages or polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN). In the present study we compared VEGF secretion with IL-18 and NO release by PMN derived from oral cavity cancer patients.