Malignant pleural effusion management: applying the evidence in 2022 Session
Symposium Chairs: N. Rahman (Oxford, United Kingdom), G. Hardavella (Athens, Greece), T. Blum (Berlin, Germany)
Aims: to review the current biological understanding and potential mechanisms of malignant effusion progression and the implications for practice; to explain the relationship between anatomy, physiology and symptoms in pleural disease and the implications for practice; to describe evidence about optimal talc pleurodesis, including its use thoracoscopically; to provide insight into the current evidence for adjunctive treatments with indwelling plural catheters and novel indwelling plural catheter devices and their evidence.