Laparoscopy: An important tool in the staging of malignant pleural mesothelioma

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 489-494

  Conlon, Kevin C ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Mesothelioma; Staging

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAPHRAGM; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PERITONEUM; PLEURA TUMOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; BIOPSY; DIAPHRAGM; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PERITONEUM; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030226395     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02305768     Document Type: Article

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