Palliation and pleurodesis in malignant pleural effusion: The role for tunneled pleural catheters

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 762-767

  Suzuki, Kei ^a   Servais, Elliot L ^a   Rizk, Nabil P ^a   Solomon, Stephen B ^a   Sima, Camelia S ^a   Park, Bernard J ^a   Kachala, Stefan S ^a   Zlobinsky, Maria ^a   Rusch, Valerie W ^a   Adusumilli, Prasad S ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Malignant pleural effusion; Pleural catheter

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CATHETER REMOVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURODESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

EID: 79953029240     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e31820d614f     Document Type: Article

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