Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
2984006 The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2010 8 Pages PDF
Abstract
Pre-pleural lavage cytology is of less use in clinical practice. Post-pleural lavage cytology was a very strong independent prognostic factor, and almost all patients with positive post-pleural lavage cytology relapsed within 5 years. We propose that positive post-pleural lavage cytology disease should be classified to pathologic T4 and managed similarly to dissemination.
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