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The efficacy of hydrogel foams in talc Pleurodesis

BACKGROUND: Malignant pleural effusions are a serious complication of many late stage cancers that adversely affect quality of life. Pleurodesis with talc slurry is a standard treatment option, but clinical failures occur, possible due to poor talc delivery. A novel drug-delivery system was develope...

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Autores principales: Baxter, Joy, Lima, Thamires A., Huneke, Richard, Kanach, Colin Joseph, Johal, Priya, Reimold, Emily, Alvarez, Nicolas J., Laub, Glenn W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7160951/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32295636
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13019-020-01098-y