Table 2. Radiologically verified response to chemical pleurodesis with mitoxantrone.
Evaluation period | Response† (%) | |||||
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CR | PR§ | OS‡ | PD | LTF | NA | |
Post-pleurodesis (months) | ||||||
1 | 3/17 (17.6) | 12/17 (70.6) | 15/17 (88.2) | 2/17 (11.8) | 0 | 4/21 (19.0) |
2 | 1/13 (7.7) | 6/13 (46.2) | 7/13 (53.8) | 5/13 (38.5) | 1/13 (7.7) | 8/21 (38.1) |
3 | 0 | 5/11 (45.5) | 5/11 (45.5) | 5/11 (45.5) | 1/11 (9.1) | 10/21 (47.6) |
†, values are given as the number of patients with the response/number of patients alive at the follow-up period (%), except for NA (denominator = total number of patients); ‡, OS: overall success = sum of CR (complete response) and PR (partial response); §, unsuccessful outcome (PD—progressive disease, LTF—lost to follow-up, NA—dead).