Talc pleurodesis as surgical palliation of patients with malignant pleural effusion. Analysis of factors affecting survival

Anticancer Research. 2012 Nov;32(11):5071-4. [Link] Lumachi F, Mazza F, Ermani M, Chiara GB, Basso SM. Department of Surgical, Oncological and Gastroenterological Sciences (DiSCOG), University of Padua, School of Medicine, Via Giustiniani 2, 35128 Padova, Italy. flumachi@unipd.it. Abstract Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) is common in most patients with advanced cancer, especially in those with lung cancer,…

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Improved quality of life in patients with malignant pleural effusion following videoassisted thoracoscopic talc pleurodesis. Preliminary results

Anticancer Research. 2012 Nov;32(11):5131-4. [Link] Basso SM, Mazza F, Marzano B, Santeufemia DA, Chiara GB, Lumachi F. Surgey I, S. Maria degli Angeli Hospital, Via Montereale 24, 33170 Pordenone, Italy. drsteba@tin.it. Abstract Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) is a common, debilitating complication of several types of advanced malignancy, which may significantly reduce the quality of life…

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The role of video assisted thoracoscopic pleurectomy/decortication in the therapeutic management of malignant pleural mesothelioma

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery . 2007 Nov 27 [Epub ahead of print] [Link] Nakas A, Martin Ucar AE, Edwards JG, Waller DA. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Glenfield Hospital, Groby Road, Leicester LE3 9QP, United Kingdom. Abstract Objective: Extrapleural pneumonectomy (EPP) has high mortality and morbidity; radical pleurectomy decortication (P/D) carries less mortality but still…

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