Use of a Port-a-Cath system in the home setting for the treatment of symptomatic recurrent malignant pleural effusion

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 182-184

  Verfaillie, G ^a   Herreweghe, R V ^a   Lamote, J ^a   Noppen, M ^a   Sacre, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Home care; Malignant pleural effusion; Port a Cath system

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; DRAIN; HUMAN; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; METASTASIS; MORBIDITY; NURSE; OPERATING ROOM; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURODESIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; DRAINAGE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 18544365050     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2005.00568.x     Document Type: Article

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