Current perspective on the diagnosis of malignant pleural effusion

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Editorial

Jun Hyeok Lim et al. J Thorac Dis. 2019 May.

. 2019 May;11(Suppl 9):S1234-S1236.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2019.02.64.

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Inha University Hospital, Incheon, South Korea.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Comment from the authors: the tests combination in patients with lung cancer and malignant pleural effusion.
Brun C, Gay P, Cottier M, Karpathiou G, Patoir A, Tiffet O, Barral FG, Vergnon JM, Froudarakis ME. Brun C, et al. J Thorac Dis. 2019 May;11(5):E74-E75. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2019.05.27. J Thorac Dis. 2019. PMID: 31285914 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Comparison of cytology, chest computed and positron emission tomography findings in malignant pleural effusion from lung cancer.
Brun C, Gay P, Cottier M, Karpathiou G, Patoir A, Tiffet O, Barral FG, Vergnon JM, Froudarakis ME. Brun C, et al. J Thorac Dis. 2018 Dec;10(12):6903-6911. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2018.11.127. J Thorac Dis. 2018. PMID: 30746236 Free PMC article.

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