Pancoast tumours: Clinical assessment and long term results of combined radiosurgical treatment

Thorax

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 284-286

  Muscolino, G ^a,b   Valente, M ^a   Andreani, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

pancoast tumours; radiotherapy; surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030889476     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.52.3.284     Document Type: Article

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