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Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002; 35(8): 608-610
Published online August 5, 2002
Copyright © Journal of Chest Surgery.
Sang Hoon Jheon*, Hyung Seok Kang*, Sub Lee* Oh Choon Kwon*, Wook Su Ahn*, Eung Bae Lee M.D.**
Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Lung cancer with pleural seeding has poor prognosis and is generally treated by intravenous anticancer chemotherapy only. We performed intrapleural perfusion hyperthermic-chemotherapy in two lung cancer patients with pleural seeding. Herein, we report our outcome with literature review.
Keywords: 1. Neoplasm seeding 2. Hyperthermia, induced 3. Drug therapy 4. Pleurodesis 5. Pleural effusion
Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002; 35(8): 608-610
Published online August 5, 2002
Copyright © Journal of Chest Surgery.
Sang Hoon Jheon*, Hyung Seok Kang*, Sub Lee* Oh Choon Kwon*, Wook Su Ahn*, Eung Bae Lee M.D.**
Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Lung cancer with pleural seeding has poor prognosis and is generally treated by intravenous anticancer chemotherapy only. We performed intrapleural perfusion hyperthermic-chemotherapy in two lung cancer patients with pleural seeding. Herein, we report our outcome with literature review.
Keywords: 1. Neoplasm seeding 2. Hyperthermia, induced 3. Drug therapy 4. Pleurodesis 5. Pleural effusion