Journal article
Management of malignant pleural effusion: challenges and solutions
- Abstract:
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Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) is a sign of advanced cancer and is associated with significant symptom burden and mortality. To date, management has been palliative in nature with a focus on draining the pleural space, with therapies aimed at preventing recurrence or providing intermittent drainage through indwelling catheters. Given that patients with MPEs are heterogeneous with respect to their cancer type and response to systemic therapy, functional status, and pleural milieu, response t...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Dove Medical Press Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Cancer Management and Research Journal website
- Volume:
- 9
- Pages:
- 229-241
- Publication date:
- 2017-06-23
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-03-27
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1179-1322
- ISSN:
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1179-1322
- Source identifiers:
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704616
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:704616
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- Local pid:
- pubs:704616
- Deposit date:
- 2017-08-15
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- Copyright holder:
- Penz et al
- Copyright date:
- 2017
- Notes:
- © 2017 Penz et al. This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms. php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/).
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