252 Cancer Control Dr Robinson focuses on a solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura, the less aggressive form of pleural tumors. Its unique radiologic characteristic and clinical course are concisely presented. The third article is dedicated to large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma, the less common form of NSCLC. Drs Fernandez and Battafarano review the classification of pulmonary neuroendocrine tum...

The thoracic pump and the abdominal pump are osteopathic manipulative (OM) lymphatic pump techniques frequently used by osteopathic physicians to treat patients with infections (eg, pneumonia, otitis media). Although there is a widely accepted belief among the osteopathic medical profession that increasing lymphatic flow is beneficial, no measurements of lymph flow during osteopathic manipulati...

conclusions in patients with abdominal or pelvic masses and a history of previous abdominal surgery, the possibility of gossypiboma should be kept in mind. case presentation we report two patients (the first patient was 50 years old, with a history of an appendectomy three years ago in another city; the second patient was 52 years old, with a history of a cesarean section 25 years ago in anothe...