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Ann Thorac Surg 2005;80:1564
© 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Intraoperative Pleural Lavage Cytology Should Not Influence Decision for Radical Surgery in Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer

C.S. Pramesh, MS, FRCS, Rajesh C. Mistry, MS, Jaiprakash Agarwal, MD

Division of Thoracic Surgery and Radiotherapy Department of Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital Mumbai, 400012 India

(Email: cspramesh@vsnl.net).

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To the Editor:

We read with interest Vicidomini and colleagues' [1] article on the importance of intraoperative pleural lavage cytology as a prognostic factor in nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC). This study corroborates the results of previous studies [2, 3] on the topic in identifying positive pleural lavage cytology (PLC) as an independent prognostic factor . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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Intraoperative Pleural Lavage Cytology Should Not Influence Decision for Radical Surgery in Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer: Reply
Giovanni Vicidomini, Mario Santini, and Vincenzo Pastore
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