Prediction of Time to Repeat Therapeutic Thoracentesis in Pleural Effusions: We Still Haven't Found What We're Looking for!

An editorial is presented on common cause of pleural disease in the developed world, followed by metastatic pleural malignancy. Topics include malignant pleural effusion (MPE) being associated with a poor prognosis in most cases and aggravating the performance status; and proportion of patients may require repeated interventions at variable time intervals depending on the underlying aetiology.