Surgical palliation of airway obstruction resulting from lung cancer

Seminars in Surgical Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 173-182

  Lee, Robert Blair ^a  

^a Surgical Clinic Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Brachytherapy; Bronchoscopy; Fiber optics; Laser surgery; Lasers; Lung neoplasms; Neoplasm staging; Palliative care; Patient selection; Postoperative complications; Radiation dosage; Stents; Tracheal stenosis; Video recording

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; DYSPNEA; LASER SURGERY; LUNG CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STENT; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRONCHOSCOPY; CARCINOMA, BRONCHOGENIC; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; STENTS;

EID: 0033950297     PISSN: 87560437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2388(200003)18:2<173::AID-SSU11>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Review

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