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Role of Talc Modulation on Cytokine Activation in Cancer Patients Undergoing Pleurodesis
We investigate the mechanism of talc pleurodesis (TP) in 20 patients with recurrent malignant pleural effusion and 10 patients with nonmalignant pleural effusions. We measured IL-8 levels before and 6 h after TP and find a significant threefold increase (2.26 ng/mL ± 0.7 to 6.5 ng/mL 0.1), which exp...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Hindawi Publishing Corporation
2012
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3321300/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22536501 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/806183 |