What Is Pleural Cancer?
The majority (95%) of pleural tumors are metastatic. The main source is pleural metastases from lung cancer (36%), followed by breast cancer, lymphoma, ovarian cancer, and gastric cancer.
Pleural metastases
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- Chinese name
- Pleural metastases
- To source
- Pleural metastasis of lung cancer
- Clinical manifestation
- Chest pain and pleural effusion
- diagnosis method
- Chest X-ray, CT examination
- The majority (95%) of pleural tumors are metastatic. The main source is pleural metastases from lung cancer (36%), followed by breast cancer, lymphoma, ovarian cancer, and gastric cancer.
- It varies according to the scope of pleural metastases, the amount of pleural effusion, and the primary lesions. The main manifestations of the thoracic cavity are chest pain and pleural effusion.
- Chest X-ray, CT examination, bloody pleural effusion and pathological cytology are helpful for diagnosis, but primary tumor cells are often not found in about 10% of pleural effusions. Under the condition that the condition and the whole body condition allow, the current video-assisted thoracoscopy (VATS) technology can obtain a reliable diagnosis.
- Treatment of pleural metastases includes the treatment of primary tumors and pleural metastases. The former should be given anti-tumor therapy according to the nature of the primary tumor. The latter can be based on the scope of pleural metastases and the amount of malignant pleural effusion. At the same time as the primary tumor treatment, TV thoracoscopic technique is used to remove pleural metastases, exclude malignant pleural effusion, inject anticancer drugs into the thoracic cavity, and perform pleural fixation. Reduce or eliminate the production of malignant pleural effusion, relieve the chest symptoms of patients, and prolong the survival of patients.