Safety and Efficacy of Pressurized Intra-Thoracic Aerosol Chemotherapy in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Pleural Carcinomatosis: Preliminary Results of a Pilot Study

Safety and Efficacy of Pressurized Intra-Thoracic Aerosol Chemotherapy in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Pleural Carcinomatosis: Preliminary Results of a Pilot Study

Pleural carcinomatosis (PC) and malignant pleural effusion (MPE) affect up to 20% of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and are usually synonymous with poor prognosis. Pressurized Intra-Thoracic Aerosol Chemotherapy (PITAC) is a novel and promising technique to control MPE in PC-NSCLC....

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Main Authors: Maria Giovanna Mastromarino, Vittorio Aprile, Gianmarco Elia, Diana Bacchin, Alessandra Lenzini, Stylianos Korasidis, Marcello Carlo Ambrogi, Silvia Martina Ferrari, Poupak Fallahi, Marco Lucchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2025-05-01
Series:Methods and Protocols
Subjects:
non-small cell lung cancer
pleural carcinomatosis
intrathoracic chemotherapy
pleurodesis
malignant pleural effusion
primary cell cultures
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2409-9279/8/3/51
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