Methods for Treatment of Malignant Pleural Effusion
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Treatment of malignant pleural effusion.
Two hundred consecutive patients with malignant pleural effusion were reviewed. The pathologic etiology of malignant pleurisy was: primary lung cancer in 123 cases; five, mesothelioma; and 72 cases secondary to metastatic tumors. Adenocarcinoma of the lung and mammary cancer were the most frequent tumors causing malignant pleural effusion. The modalities employed in local treatment consisted of...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Biomedicine
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2158-0510,2158-0529
DOI: 10.21103/article10(1)_ra2