Prospective Randomized Trial of Intrapleural Bleomycin Versus Interferon Alfa-2b via Ultrasound-Guided Small-Bore Chest Tube in the Palliative Treatment of Malignant Pleural Effusions

To compare bleomycin pleurodesis and immunotherapy with intrapleural interferon alfa-2b (IFN) in the palliation of malignant pleural effusions. One hundred sixty patients with rapidly recurrent malignant pleural effusion were randomly assigned to intrapleural bleomycin (83 patients) or IFN (77 patie...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of clinical oncology 2004-04, Vol.22 (7), p.1228-1233
Hauptverfasser:	SARTORI, Sergio, TASSINARI, Davide, CECCOTTI, Piercarlo, TOMBESI, Paola, NIELSEN, Ingrid, TREVISANI, Lucio, ABBASCIANO, Vincenzo
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Antineoplastic agents Antineoplastic Agents - administration & dosage Biological and medical sciences Bleomycin - administration & dosage Catheterization Chemotherapy Chest Tubes Female Humans Instillation, Drug Interferon-alpha - administration & dosage Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Palliative Care Pharmacology. Drug treatments Pleural Effusion, Malignant - diagnostic imaging Pleural Effusion, Malignant - drug therapy Pleurodesis Pneumology Prospective Studies Recombinant Proteins Treatment Outcome Tumors of the respiratory system and mediastinum Ultrasonography
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