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Black pleural effusions (BPE) are rare, exudative pleural effusions that produce a black fluid on thoracentesis. While the name and definition of this pathology is undeniably simple, the etiologies, outcomes, and treatments for BPE are incr…

Optical technologies using laser spectroscopy and imaging offer the ability to non-invasively diagnose and monitor early cancers in-vivo. For many precancers and early cancers the current standard of care relies on histopathological assessm…