Reply to: "Efficacy and safety of doxycycline versus iodopovidone for pleurodesis through an intercostal tube in malignant pleural effusions: a randomized trial"

Yasuaki Tomioka¹, Yuki Yoshimatsu^{2

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4}, Yasushi Tsujimoto^{4

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Affiliations

¹ Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Fukuyama City Hospital, 5-23-1 Zao-cho, Fukuyama, Hiroshima, 721-8511, Japan. yasuakitommy@gmail.com.
² Elderly Care, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, Stadium Rd, London, SE18 4QH, UK.
³ Centre for Exercise Activity and Rehabilitation, School of Human Sciences, University of Greenwich, Avery Hill Rd, London, SE9 2HB, UK.
⁴ Scientific Research WorkS Peer Support Group (SRWS-PSG), Osaka, Japan.
⁵ Oku Medical Clinic, Shimmori, Osaka, Japan.
⁶ Department of Health Promotion and Human Behavior, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine / School of Public Health, Kyoto University, Yoshida Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan.

Comment

Yasuaki Tomioka et al. Support Care Cancer. 2024.

. 2024 Jun 23;32(7):453.

doi: 10.1007/s00520-024-08670-5.

Yasuaki Tomioka¹, Yuki Yoshimatsu^{2

3

4}, Yasushi Tsujimoto^{4

5

6}

¹ Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Fukuyama City Hospital, 5-23-1 Zao-cho, Fukuyama, Hiroshima, 721-8511, Japan. yasuakitommy@gmail.com.
² Elderly Care, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, Stadium Rd, London, SE18 4QH, UK.
³ Centre for Exercise Activity and Rehabilitation, School of Human Sciences, University of Greenwich, Avery Hill Rd, London, SE9 2HB, UK.
⁴ Scientific Research WorkS Peer Support Group (SRWS-PSG), Osaka, Japan.
⁵ Oku Medical Clinic, Shimmori, Osaka, Japan.
⁶ Department of Health Promotion and Human Behavior, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine / School of Public Health, Kyoto University, Yoshida Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan.

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Efficacy and safety of doxycycline versus iodopovidone for pleurodesis through an intercostal tube in malignant pleural effusions: a randomized trial.
Damaraju V, Sehgal IS, Muthu V, Prasad KT, Dhooria S, Aggarwal AN, Agarwal R. Damaraju V, et al. Support Care Cancer. 2023 Jul 10;31(8):454. doi: 10.1007/s00520-023-07932-y. Support Care Cancer. 2023. PMID: 37428348 Clinical Trial.

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