A goitre is an enlarged thyroid gland. Some people with a goitre (but not all) have an underactive or overactive thyroid. This means that they make too much or too little thyroid hormone. There are various causes of goitre and treatment depends on the cause.
Chemical pleurodesis is a well-accepted, palliative therapy for patients with recurrent malignant pleural effusion. A multitude of chemical agents have been used in attempted pleurodesis.n the 6 other patients with malignant pleural effusions, 2 had pleural abrasion prior to talc poudrage, whereas 4 had only talc slurry pleurodesis. Therefore, it would have been more appropriate for the authors to state that, with 89 pleurodeses, 4 patients developed ARDS, which may have been solely related to talc.
Times, Sunday Times (2008) These form 80 per cent of malignant brain tumours and often cause death within a year. Times, Sunday Times (2006) They are less dangerous than another common form of skin cancer - malignant melanoma. The Sun (2008) A malignant brain tumour was diagnosed last September. Times, Sunday Times (2006) The man had advanced malignant melanoma - skin cancer - which is very difficult to treat once it has spread. The Sun (2008) It suggested that increasing use is causing at least 100 deaths a year and 370 cases of malignant skin cancer.