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25/Jun/2024
25/Jun/2024
DOI: 10.31744/einstein_journal/2024ABS_BTS_STO008
Category: Thoracic Oncology Introduction: Hyperthermic intrathoracic chemotherapy has been used as an adjuvant treatment after surgical resection of patients diagnosed with disseminated pleural neoplastic disease. The most frequent uses refer to malignant pleural mesothelioma and thymic tumors.(,) Objective: This study aims to describe our initial experience implementing this method of hyperthermic chemotherapy used after cytoreductive surgery. Methods: This is a retrospective study with a series of cases of patients who underwent pleural decortication followed by HITOC. We collected demographic and […]
Keywords: HITHOC; Hyperthermic intrathoracic chemotherapy; Malignant pleural mesothelioma; Thymic carcinoma