Modified intrapleural cisplatin treatment for lung cancer with positive pleural lavage cytology or malignant effusion.

摘要

OBJECTIVES: We evaluate the efficacy and safety of the modified intrapleural cisplatin treatment for lung cancer patients with positive pleural lavage cytology or malignant effusion. METHODS: The treatment was performed for seven patients with malignant effusion and 18 patents with positive pleural lavage cytology. After pulmonary resection, the pleural cavity was filled with cisplatin with a normal saline solution for 30 min. Complications and survival of the patients were evaluated. RESULTS: The chest tube duration were significantly prolonged in the treatment (CDDP) group (5.7 +/- 3.6 vs. 2.8 +/- 2.6 days). We had one operative death that developed a bronchial fistula; however, the other complications were not severe. The mortality rate was 4% and the morbidity rate was 60%. We experienced two carcinomatous pleuritis in the CDDP group. The median survival time of the CDDP group was 47.0 +/- 11.1 months and the 3- and 5-year survival rate was 52.6% and 11.3%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: We were able to perform this treatment for these advanced lung cancer patients, which had the preventive effect of carcinomatous pleuritis. This therapy shows the possibility of a treatment that might lead to an improvement in the prognosis of these patients, without causing severe complications.