How often is a single therapeutic aspiration sufficient to manage a malignant pleural effusion and does oncological treatment have an impact on this?

R. Mercer (Oxford, United Kingdom), G. Shepherd (Oxford, United Kingdom), N. Rahman (Oxford, United Kingdom)

Source: International Congress 2019 – Pleural disease: applying the evidence

Session: Pleural disease: applying the evidence
Session type: Thematic Poster
Number: 3096

Disease area: Thoracic oncology

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