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Title: | Efficacy and cost of video-assisted thoracoscopic partial pleurectomy versus talc pleurodesis in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma (MesoVATS): An open-label, randomised, controlled trial |
Authors: | Rintoul, RC Ritchie, AJ Edwards, JG Waller, DA Coonar, AS Bennett, M Lovato, E Hughes, V Fox-Rushby, JA Sharples, LD |
Keywords: | Malignant pleural mesothelioma incidence;Video-assisted thoracoscopic partial pleurectomy (VAT-PP);Symptom control |
Issue Date: | 2014 |
Publisher: | Lancet Publishing Group |
Citation: | The Lancet, 383, pp. 1118 - 1127, 2014 |
Abstract: | Background: Malignant pleural mesothelioma incidence continues to rise, with few available evidence-based therapeutic options. Results of previous non-randomised studies suggested that video-assisted thoracoscopic partial pleurectomy (VAT-PP) might improve symptom control and survival. We aimed to compare efficacy in terms of overall survival, and cost, of VAT-PP and talc pleurodesis in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma. |
URI: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140673614604189 http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/10012 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60418-9 |
ISSN: | 0140-6736 |
Appears in Collections: | Health Economics Research Group (HERG) |
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