The series on “Malignant Pleural Effusion” is edited by Prof. Dragan Subotic, MD, PhD from Bel Medic General Hospital, Belgrade, Serbia.
With the widespread use of video-assisted thoracic surgical procedures, the focus of the clinicians in patients with malignant pleural effusion (MPE) moved from diagnostics to most efficient therapeutic options that are expected to provide both a survival benefit and quality of life. The decision-making process in practice is influenced by different causes of MPE - primary lung cancer, extrathoracic malignancies or pleural mesothelioma.
Malignant pleural effusion—still an actual issue
Etiopathogenesis of malignant pleural effusion
Primary lung cancer and pleural effusion—diagnostic and therapeutic approach
Pleural carcinosis caused by extrathoracic malignancies
Possibilities of surgical pleurodesis for malignant pleural effusion
Malignant pleural effusions and trapped lung
Malignant pleural effusion and mesothelioma
Non-small cell lung cancer, pleural effusion and carcinomatosis: always a criterion of inoperability?
Disclosure:
The series “Malignant Pleural Effusion” was commissioned by the editorial office, AME Medical Journal without any sponsorship or funding. Dragan R. Subotic is serving as the unpaid Guest Editors for the series.