Purpose: Evaluate compensatory lung growth (CLG) in lobar transplant and see if it is similar to CLG after lobectomy. Methods: We used 48 dogs in three groups (G1=control, G2=left cranial lobectomy, and G3=pneumonectomy with reimplantation of left caudal lobe). Five months after surgery animals underwent lung scintigraphy and were then sacrificed for lung morphometric study. Results: There was ...

Identification of serological biomarker is urgently needed for cancer screening, monitoring cancer progression, treatment response, and surveillance for recurrence in lung cancer. Therefore, we try to find new serological biomarker that has more specificity and sensitivity for lung cancer diagnostics. In this study, the 2-D liquid phase fractionation system (PF2D) and mass spectrometry approach...

BACKGROUND Because the mortality rate from lung cancer is increasing sharply in Japan, lung cancer screening is being performed actively to assure early diagnosis and early treatment. However, its effectiveness is not clear, because it is extremely difficult to diagnose early microcarcinoma of the lungs (< 1 cm in greatest dimension) with the indirect X-rays that are used in mass screening. The...

STUDY OBJECTIVES An inverse relationship between body mass index (BMI) and the risk of lung cancer, suggesting that leanness is a risk factor for lung cancer, has been reported in previous studies. In order to evaluate the risk of lung cancer associated with lower levels of BMI in preclinical patients, we conducted a case-control study based on the results of community mass screening. DESIGN ...

We have measured lung mass and trachea dimensions in 46 giraffes of both genders ranging in body mass from 147 kg to 1441 kg, calculated static and dynamic lung volumes, and developed allometric equations that relate changes in them to growth. We found that relative lung mass is 0.6±0.2% of body mass which is significantly less than it is in other mammals (1.1±0.1%). Total lung volume is signif...

the aim of the study was to investigate the effect resistance trainingon pulmonary function of obese women with type ii diabetes. twenty four  patients with diabetes type ii, aged 40-55 years, mean body mass index (bmi) 30.16 ± 3.26 kg.m² and fasting blood glucose greater than 126 mg.dl were selected purposefully. after anthropometric measurements and indices of lung, subjects were randomly div...