Preoperative tumor volume is associated with outcome in malignant pleural mesothelioma

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 310-318

  Pass, H I ^a   Temeck, B K ^a   Kranda, K ^a   Steinberg, S M ^a   Feuerstein, I R ^a   Kaiser, L R ^a   DeCamp, M M ^a  

^a HARPER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG RESECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0031893285     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(98)70274-0     Document Type: Article

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