Associate Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California; Attending Radiologist, University of Southern ...

New research led by Irish scientists has uncovered how lipid-rich fluid in the abdomen, known as ascites, plays a central role in weakening the body’s immune response in advanced ovarian cancer. The ...

Background: Ascites and pleural effusion are well recognized complications of pancreatic diseases. Drug therapy of these is limited by high cost, prolonged hospitalization and failure rates ...

Long-term human albumin therapy failed to significantly improve long-term survival outcomes in cirrhotic patients with acute decompensation and ascites, the phase III randomized PRECIOSA trial showed.