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LIVING WITH CANCER > SYMPTOMS & SIDE EFFECTS > OTHER SYMPTOMS & SIDE EFFECTS > PLEURAL EFFUSIONQ&As on this topic
1. My father has been told he has fluid on the lungs, because of his cancer, and this must be drained. They have written down that he has a 'pleural effusion'. Can you explain this please?
last reviewed: 27.01.2005
2. What is an epithelioid haemangioendothelioma in the lining of the lung?
last reviewed: 18.07.2006
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