Chest
Volume 116, Issue 1, July 1999, Page 266
Communications to the EditorSystemic Distribution of Talc
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Use of lipoteichoic acid-T for pleurodesis in malignant pleural effusion: a phase I toxicity and dose-escalation study
2008, The Lancet OncologyCitation Excerpt :There are about 300 000 new cases of malignant pleural effusions each year in the UK and USA.1,2
Local anaesthetic thoracoscopy: British Thoracic Society pleural disease guideline 2010
2010, ThoraxCitation Excerpt :There are no epidemiological studies of the incidence/prevalence of malignant pleural effusion in the UK. The annual incidence in the USA is estimated to be 250 000 cases5 8; extrapolating this, one might estimate there to be 50 000 new cases of malignant pleural effusion per year in the UK. This would translate to one new case per 1000 population per year.
Complications of thoracoscopic talc insufflation for the treatment of malignant pleural effusions: a meta-analysis
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