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ERS/EACTS Statement on the Management of Malignant Pleural Effusions

Monday, January 7, 2019

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Source Name: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

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Anna C Bibby, Patrick Dorn, Ioannis Psallidas, Jose M Porcel, Julius Janssen, Marios Froudarakis, Dragan Subotic, Phillippe Astoul, Peter Licht, Ralph Schmid, Arnaud Scherpereel, Najib M Rahman, Nick A Maskell, Giuseppe Cardillo

Malignant pleural effusions (MPE) affect up to 15% of all patients with cancer, and in the last few years several well-designed randomized clinical trials have been published. In this position paper, members from both the European Respiratory Society and the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery summarize the available evidence, focusing on six topics: (1) symptomatic MPE, (2) MPE with trapped lung, (3) loculated MPE, (4) factors predicting prognosis, (5) timing of oncological therapy and definitive fluid management, and (6) histological diagnosis versus cytology.

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