Malignant pleural effusions: Review of treatment and our experience

Reviews on Recent Clinical Trials

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-25

  Bertolaccini, L ^a   Zamprogna, C ^b   Barberis, L ^a   Navarra, M ^a   Manno, E ^a   D'Urso, A ^b   Massaglia, F ^a  

^a MARIA VITTORIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Pneumology Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

Indwelling catheter; Malignant pleural effusion; Pleurodesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON CANCER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; LUNG CANCER; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MESOTHELIOMA; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURODESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34248207327     PISSN: 15748871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157488707779318080     Document Type: Review

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