• Pleurodesis using talc or minocycline might be the treatment option against malignant pleural effusion (MPE) secondary to lung cancer with interstitial lung disease (ILD). What is known and what is ...

Predictors of outcome and treatment decisions of older patients with stage III non-small cell lung cancer No significant financial relationships to disclose. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The average health care cost per patient in the indwelling pleural catheter (IPC) group was $40,179 vs. $46,640 ...

Talc pleurodesis is typically conducted as an inpatient procedure and involves the delivery of graded talc into the pleural cavity via thoracoscopy (poudrage) or chest tube (slurry) following complete ...

SYDNEY — One of the few randomized phase 3 trials ever conducted in mesothelioma has found that keyhole surgery did not improve survival when compared with the standard treatment of talc pleurodesis.