Multimodality treatment of malignant superior vena caval syndrome

Chest

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 835-837

  Roberts, John R ^a   Bueno, Raphael ^b   Sugarbaker, David J ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemoradiotherapy; Multimodality treatment; Neoadjuvant; Non small cell lung cancer; Superior vena cava; Superior vena caval syndrome; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FATALITY; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN SYNDROME;

EID: 0032845291     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.116.3.835     Document Type: Article

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