Intrapericardial interferon in the management of malignant pericardial effusion

Chest

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 330-331

  Wilkins III, Harry E ^a,b   Cacioppo, John ^a   Connolly, Mark M ^a   Marquez, Guillermo ^a   Grays, Peter ^a  

^a CABRINI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Interferon; Intrapericardial therapy; Malignant pleural effusion

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT ALPHA2B INTERFERON;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART TAMPONADE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; NECK TUMOR; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031819341     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.114.1.330     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Olufunmilayo IO, Ultmann JE. Malignant effusions. CA Cancer J Clin 1991; 41:167-79
2. Cormican MC, Nyman CR. Intrapericardial bleomycin for the management of cardiac tamponade secondary to malignant pericardial effusion. Br Heart J 1990; 63:61-62
3. Hawkins JW, Vacek JL. What constitutes definitive therapy of malignant pericardial effusion? Medical versus surgical treatment. Am Heart J 1989; 118:428-32
4. Imamura T, Tamura K, Takenaga M, et al. Intrapericardial OK-432 for the management of malignant pericardial effusion. Cancer 1991; 68:259-63
5. Wilkins HE, Connolly MM, Grays PE, et al. Recombinant interferon alpha-2b in the management of malignant pleural effusions. Chest 1997; 111:1597-99
6. Pizzamiglio D, Rocchetta PA. Terapia topico con beta interferon in un caso di versamento pleuro-pericardico neoplastico. Minerva Med 1991; 82:687
7. Goldman CA, Skinninder LF, Maksymiuk AW. Interferon instillation for malignant pleural effusions. Ann Oncol 1993; 4:141-45
8. Cascinu S, Isidori PP, Fedeli A, et al. Experience with intrapleural natural beta interferon in the treatment of malignant pleural effusions. Tumori 1991; 77:237-38
9. Rosso R, Rimoldi R, Salvati F, et al. Intrapleural natural beta interferon in the treatment of malignant pleural effusions. Oncology 1988; 45:253-56
10. Jereb B, US-Krasovec M, Cervek J, et al. Intrapleural application of human leukocyte interferon (HLI) in breast cancer patients with ipsilateral pleural carcinomatosis. J Interferon Res 1987; 7:357-63
11. Davis M, Williford S, Muss HB, et al. A phase I-II study of recombinant intrapleural alpha interferon in malignant pleural effusions. Am J Clin Oncol 1992; 15:328-30