Why the study?
Does local instillation of bleomycin improve complete remission of pericardial effusions in patients with malignant pericardial effusion due to non-small cell lung carcinoma?
Population
7 patients with malignant pericardial effusion with cardiac tamponade due to advanced-stage non-small cell…
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
until death or the last day of follow-up
Authors
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May support intrapericardial bleomycin in NSCLC effusions; hypothesis-generating pending controlled trials.
Does local instillation of bleomycin improve complete remission of pericardial effusions in patients with malignant pericardial effusion due to non-small cell lung carcinoma?
Intrapericardial instillation of bleomycin following continuous drainage may be an effective and safe method for managing malignant pericardial effusion in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer.
Yano et al. (2009) studied this question.
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