27 patients ( 17 f , 10 m ) with a mean age of 65 +/- 11 years and suffering from recurrent pleural effusions were treated with locally administered doxycycline by lavage-drainage to achieve pleural symphysis ( 17 adeno-carcinomas , 3 large cell carcinomas ; 3 epidermoid cancers ; 3 non-hodgkin 's lymphoma ; 1 small cell carcinoma ) .
C0032227
pleural effusions
C0013090
doxycycline