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Table 4 Chemotherapy types

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

Chemotherapy typea

Patient number

Associated pleural infection

Antimetabolites

24

2

Platins

22

1

Taxanes

10

2

EGFR/TKI inhibitors

8

1

Biologics

5

0

Topoisomerase inhibitors

1

1

Vinca alkaloids

1

1

Anthracyclines

1

0

  1. aChemotherapy type counted individually if part of multi-agent regime in the same patient
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BMC Pulmonary Medicine

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