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Volume 142, Issue 1, Pages 17-19 (July 2012) Counterpoint: Should Thoracoscopic Talc Pleurodesis Be the First Choice Management for Malignant Pleural Effusion? No Richard W. Light, MD, FCCP CHEST Volume 142, Issue 1, Pages 17-19 (July 2012) DOI: 10.1378/chest.12-1087 Copyright © 2012 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Time to recurrence of malignant pleural effusion in patients receiving talc slurry and talc insufflation. Note that the lines are nearly superimposable, with talc slurry having a slight advantage. (Reproduced with permission from Dresler et al.8) CHEST 2012 142, 17-19DOI: (10.1378/chest.12-1087) Copyright © 2012 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions