Pleural Fluid-to-Blood BNP Ratio May Contribute to Prognosis in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma.
Vasiliki S TsolakiGeorgios E ZakynthinosSotirios G ZarogiannisParis ZygoulisIoannis KalomenidisRajesh JagirdarIoannis TriantafyllouKonstantinos I GourgoulianisDemosthenes MakrisEpaminondas ZakynthinosPublished in: Clinics and practice (2023)
A high pleural fluid/blood BNP ratio, an easily performed in everyday practice, costless biomarker seems to predict poorer survival better than the commonly reported prognostic factors in MPM.
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