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Table 1 Patient demographics and interventions

From: Safety of indwelling pleural catheter use in patients undergoing chemotherapy: a five-year retrospective evaluation

 

Chemotherapy

No chemotherapy

No. of patients

43 (40 %)

61 (60 %)

Mean age (yrs) (SD)

64 (15)

68 (12)

Cancer primary

  

 Lung (Small cell)

0 (0 %)

1 (2 %)

 Lung (Non-small cell)

17 (40 %)

16 (26 %)

 Mesothelioma

3 (7 %)

9 (15 %)

 Breast

11 (26 %)

16 (26 %)

 Other

12 (28 %)

19 (31 %)

Median duration IPC in-situ (days) (IQR)

28 (14–58)

69 (47–143)

Median duration of concurrent chemotherapy (IQR)

52 (21–105) (~4 cycles)

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