Annual Congress Stockholm 2002

Saturday, 14.09.2002
Sunday, 15.09.2002
Monday, 16.09.2002
Tuesday, 17.09.2002
Wednesday, 18.09.2002

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2002; 20: Suppl. 38, abstract number.

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Mesothelioma and malignant pleural effusion

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: J. Van Meerbeeck (Rotterdam, The Netherlands), K. Yatera (Kitakyushu City, Japan)

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Malignant pleural mesothelioma caused by environmental exposure to asbestos or erionite in Turkey: a retrospective analysis D. Ernam, F. Atalay, S. Atikcan (Ankara, Turkey)
Malignant pleural mesothelioma: survival-predictive CT elements in 28 patients Y. Moraschi, R. Maroldi, G. Battaglia, P. Maculotti, G. Rinaldi, G. F. Tassi (Brescia, Italy)
The analysis of 14 malignant pleural mesothelioma cases in last ten years: it appears to be very rare in the East Anatolia of Turkey M. Gorguner, H. Kaynar, M. Meral, N. Gursan, S. Yilmaz (Erzurum, Turkey)
Malignant pleural mesothelioma: CT findings in 49 patients F. Okten, M. O. Kayhan (Ankara, Turkey)
Differential diagnoses of mesotheliomas with lymphocytic infiltrations P. Dorfmuller, M. Krismann, K. M. Muller (Bochum, Germany)
The reliability of the cytological diagnosis malignant mesothelioma J. G. Aerts, M. Delahaye, T. van der Kwast, H. C. Hoogsteden, J. P. van Meerbeeck (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM): clinical presentation, complications and survival L. Bancalari, S. Calafati, S. Cordani, F. Fiasella, R. Maggiani, P. Pronzato, P. A. Canessa (Sarzana, La Spezia, Italy)
Malignant pleural effusion - diagnosis and treatment M. A. Djordjevic, Z. S. Rancic, N. Djordjevic, D. Gmijovic, L. R. Djordjevic, M. Lazic (Nis, Yugoslavia)
Malignant mesothelioma and chemotherapy: efficacy and influence on survival of patients M. Metintas, S. Metintas, G. Ak, S. Erginel, I. Ucgun, F. Alatas (Eskisehir, Turkey)
Evaluation of response to chemotherapy for malignant pleural mesothelioma and suggestion of a new method H. Ozden, G. Ak, M. Metintas, S. Metintas, S. Erginel, B. Sahin (Eskisehir, Samsun, Turkey)
Second-line chemotherapy in malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) H. G. Bischoff, C. Manegold, P. Drings (Heidelberg, Germany)
Videothoracoscopic argon plasma coagulation for pleural malignancy V. Klimenko, A. Barchuk, V. Lemechov, A. Scherbakov (St-Petersburg, Russia)
CEA, Cyfra 21.1 and NSE levels in malignant and benign pleural effusion L. V. Stelmakh, S. V. Orlov, T. P. Ses, A. L. Akopov (St-Petersburg, Russia)
Hypotonic carboplatin pleurodesis for malignant pleural effusion of non-small cell lung cancer K. Yatera, T. Kido, T. Kawajiri, C. Yoshii, Y. Morimoto, M. Kido (Kitakyushu City, Japan)
A case report: pleural fibrosarcoma with multiple masses A. B. Dursun, A. S. Turgut, F. Demirag, E. Gulhan, E. Sarica, B. Kurt (Ankara, Turkey)
Diagnostic value of common MAGE RT-PCR in malignant pleural effusion D. S. Hyun, T. R. Shin, S. C. Lee, S. H. Jheon, C. H. Jeon (Daegu, South Korea)