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Removal of Endobronchial Malignant Mass by Cryotherapy Improved Performance Status to Receive Chemotherapy
Joint Authors
Fang, Yueh-Fu
Wang, Tsai-Yu
Yu, Chih-Teng
Chou, Chun-Liang
Lin, Shu-Min
Kuo, Chih-Hsi
Chung, Fu-Tsai
Hsieh, Meng-Heng
Lin, Horng-Chyuan
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-10-14
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Medicine
Information Technology and Computer Science
Abstract EN
Although malignant endobronchial mass (MEM) has poor prognosis, cryotherapy is reportedly a palliative treatment.
Clinical data on postcryotherapy MEM patients in a university-affiliated hospital between 2007 and 2011 were evaluated.
Survival curve with or without postcryotherapy chemotherapy and performance status (PS) improvement of these subjects were analyzed using the Kaplan-Meier method.
There were 59 patients (42 males), with median age of 64 years (range, 51–76, and median performance status of 2 (interquartile range [IQR], 2-3).
Postcryotherapy complications included minor bleeding (n=12) and need for multiple procedures (n=10), while outcomes were relief of symptoms (n=51), improved PS (n=45), and ability to receive chemotherapy (n=40).
The survival of patients with chemotherapy postcryotherapy was longer than that of patients without such chemotherapy (median, 534 versus 106 days; log-rank test, P=0.007; hazard ratio, 0.25; 95% confidence interval, 0.10–0.69).
The survival of patients with PS improvement postcryotherapy was longer than that of patients without PS improvement (median, 406 versus 106 days; log-rank test, P=0.02; hazard ratio, 0.28; 95% confidence interval, 0.10–0.81).
Cryotherapy is a feasible treatment for MEM.
With better PS after cryotherapy, further chemotherapy becomes possible for patients to improve survival when MEM caused dyspnea and poor PS.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Fang, Yueh-Fu& Hsieh, Meng-Heng& Wang, Tsai-Yu& Lin, Horng-Chyuan& Yu, Chih-Teng& Chou, Chun-Liang…[et al.]. 2014. Removal of Endobronchial Malignant Mass by Cryotherapy Improved Performance Status to Receive Chemotherapy. The Scientific World Journal،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1049354
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Fang, Yueh-Fu…[et al.]. Removal of Endobronchial Malignant Mass by Cryotherapy Improved Performance Status to Receive Chemotherapy. The Scientific World Journal No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-6.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Fang, Yueh-Fu& Hsieh, Meng-Heng& Wang, Tsai-Yu& Lin, Horng-Chyuan& Yu, Chih-Teng& Chou, Chun-Liang…[et al.]. Removal of Endobronchial Malignant Mass by Cryotherapy Improved Performance Status to Receive Chemotherapy. The Scientific World Journal. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1049354
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1049354