Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Editorial
. 2020 Dec;25(12):1229-1230.
doi: 10.1111/resp.13916. Epub 2020 Jul 30.

Prognostication in malignant pleural effusion: One size does not fit all

Alexandra Dipper  1 , Nick Maskell  1
Affiliations
Free article
Editorial

Prognostication in malignant pleural effusion: One size does not fit all

Alexandra Dipper et al. Respirology. 2020 Dec.
Free article
No abstract available

Keywords: lung cancer; malignant pleural effusion; pleuroscopy.

PubMed Disclaimer

Comment on

References

REFERENCES

    1. Davies HE, Mishra EK, Kahan BC, Wrightson JM, Stanton AE, Guhan A, Davies CW, Grayez J, Harrison R, Prasad A et al. Effect of an indwelling pleural catheter vs chest tube and talc pleurodesis for relieving dyspnea in patients with malignant pleural effusion: the TIME2 randomized controlled trial. JAMA 2012; 307: 2383-9.
    1. Roberts ME, Neville E, Berrisford RG, Antunes G, Ali NJ. Management of a malignant pleural effusion: British Thoracic Society pleural disease guideline 2010. Thorax 2010; 65: ii32.
    1. Clive AO, Kahan BC, Hooper CE, Bhatnagar R, Morley AJ, Zahan-Evans N, Bintcliffe OJ, Boshuizen RC, Fysh ET, Tobin CL et al. Predicting survival in malignant pleural effusion: development and validation of the LENT prognostic score. Thorax 2014; 69: 1098-104.
    1. Psallidas I, Kanellakis NI, Gerry S, Thézénas ML, Charles PD, Samsonova A, Schiller HB, Fischer R, Asciak R, Hallifax RJ et al. Development and validation of response markers to predict survival and pleurodesis success in patients with malignant pleural effusion (PROMISE): a multicohort analysis. Lancet Oncol. 2018; 19: 930-9.
    1. Abisheganaden J, Verma A, Dagaonkar RS, Light RW. An observational study evaluating the performance of LENT score in the selected population of malignant pleural effusion from lung adenocarcinoma in Singapore. Respiration 2018; 96: 308-13.

LinkOut - more resources