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Hot topicsChairs: J. van Meerbeeck (Edegem (Antwerp), Belgium), J. Chorostowska-Wynimko (Warsaw, Poland)
Aims: To provide an update on current evidence behind interventional and observational management of pneumothorax, review randomised data on ambulatory care, and improve patient selection for individual interventions; to critically review data to improve practice regarding up-to-date management of patients clear of infection, risk stratification, microbiology and interventions for failing patients; to appraise the evidence for non-chemotherapy management of mesothelioma, including immunotherapy and surgery, provided by recent randomised trial results; to review best practice for management of malignant pleural effusion, patient choice, intervention selection and complication management.