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Seminars in oncology, 1991
Malignancy is the most common cause of exudative pleural effusion in patients over the age of 60 years. Control of the effusion significantly reduces morbidity and improves quality of life. Tube thoracostomy with subsequent chemical pleurodesis is the treatment of choice for patients with tumors that are relatively insensitive to systemic chemotherapy.
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Malignancy is the most common cause of exudative pleural effusion in patients over the age of 60 years. Control of the effusion significantly reduces morbidity and improves quality of life. Tube thoracostomy with subsequent chemical pleurodesis is the treatment of choice for patients with tumors that are relatively insensitive to systemic chemotherapy.
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Phenotyping malignant pleural effusions
Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine, 2016Patients with malignant pleural effusions (MPEs) are heterogenous in their disease course, symptom severity, responses to cancer therapies, fluid recurrence rates, and thus need for definitive fluid control measures. To tailor the most appropriate treatment for individual patients, clinicians need to 'phenotype' the patients and predict their clinical ...
Macy Mei Sze Lui +2 more
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Management of malignant pleural effusions
Respirology, 2004Abstract: Malignant pleural effusion is a common clinical problem. Evacuation of the pleural fluid and prevention of its reaccumulation are the main aims of management. Pleurodesis should be attempted early, although considerable practice variations exist in the way it is performed.
Richard W. Light +3 more
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Pleural Effusion from Malignancy
Annals of Internal Medicine, 1978Pleural effusion from metastatic malignancy can cause major impairment of respiratory function and eventual death. Although cure is not possible, successful palliative treatment allows months to years of productive life, obviating the need for continuous hospitalization and repeated thoracenteses.
John F. Costello +2 more
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Eosinophils, Pleural Effusions, and Malignancy
Annals of Internal Medicine, 1978Excerpt To the editor: The concise review of malignant pleural effusion by Leff, Hopewell, and Costello (1) was a delight to read.
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Management of malignant pleural effusions
Advances in Therapy, 2010Malignant pleural effusions are a common clinical problem in patients with primary thoracic malignancy and metastatic malignancy to the thorax. Symptoms can be debilitating and can impair tolerance of anticancer therapy. This article presents a comprehensive review of pharmaceutical and nonpharmaceutical approaches to the management of malignant ...
Mona Sarkiss +6 more
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Pleural Effusions in Hematologic Malignancies
Chest, 2004Nearly all hematologic malignancies can occasionally present with or develop pleural effusions during the clinical course of disease. Among the most common disorders are Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphomas, with a frequency of 20 to 30%, especially if mediastinal involvement is present.
Demosthenes Bouros +3 more
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Management of malignant pleural effusion
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine, 1998AbstractMalignant pleural effusion is a frequent cause of morbidity in cancer patients. Pleural aspiration relieves dyspnoea usually only for a matter of days, and if the tumour type is not chemosensitive, some form of pleurodesis is commonly required.
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Recurrent Malignant Pleural Effusions
New England Journal of Medicine, 1964IT is the unfortunate lot of some patients dying of metastatic cancer of the breast, lung, cervix and so forth to be plagued by severe dyspnea due to recurrent malignant pleural effusions. Many of these people would have several months of relative comfort at home if they could only breathe.
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Management of Malignant Pleural Effusion
Lung, 2013Malignancy is one of the most common causes of pleural effusion. Malignant pleural effusion is defined by the presence of malignant cells in the pleural fluid. Development of malignant pleural effusion usually defines advanced malignancy. Pathophysiology of malignant pleural effusion is not fully understood and may involve complex interactions between ...
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