Treatment of malignant superior vena cava syndrome by endovascular stent insertion: Experience on 52 patients with lung cancer

Background: Superior vena cava syndrome (SVCS) is a frequent presentation of malignancies involving the mediastinum and can seriously compromise treatment options and prognosis. Stenting of superior vena cava is a well-known but not so commonly used technique to alleviate this syndrome. Patients and...

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Published in:	Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) Vol. 43; no. 2; pp. 209 - 214
Main Authors:	Urruticoechea, A., Mesı́a, R., Domı́nguez, J., Falo, C., Escalante, E., Montes, A., Sancho, C., Cardenal, F., Majem, M., Germà, J.R.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Shannon Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.02.2004 Elsevier Science
Subjects:	Adult Aged Anticoagulants - adverse effects Anticoagulants - therapeutic use Biological and medical sciences Blood and lymphatic vessels Cardiology. Vascular system Disease Progression Diseases of the peripheral vessels. Diseases of the vena cava. Miscellaneous Female Hemorrhage - etiology Humans Lung cancer Lung Neoplasms - complications Male Mediastinum malignances Medical sciences Middle Aged Non-small cell lung cancer Prognosis Small cell lung cancer Stent Stents Superior vena cava syndrome Superior Vena Cava Syndrome - etiology Superior Vena Cava Syndrome - pathology Superior Vena Cava Syndrome - surgery Treatment Outcome Vascular Surgical Procedures - instrumentation Vascular Surgical Procedures - methods Vena cava obstruction Small cell lung cancer Lung cancer Non-small cell lung cancer Superior vena cava syndrome Mediastinum malignances Stent Vena cava obstruction Human Lung disease Endoprosthesis Respiratory disease Insertion Instrumentation therapy Cardiovascular disease Malignant tumor Bronchopulmonary malignant tumor Vascular disease Vena cava disease Bronchus disease Superior vena cava
ISSN:	0169-5002, 1872-8332
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