Endoscopic treatment of lung cancer invading the airway before induction chemotherapy and surgical resection

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 464-467

  Venuta, Federico ^a,b   Rendina, Erino A ^a   De Giacomo, Tiziano ^a   Mercadante, Edoardo ^a   Ciccone, Anna Maria ^a   Aratari, Maria Teresa ^a   Moretti, Marco ^a   Coloni, Giorgio Furio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

Author keywords

Induction chemotherapy; Laser treatment; Lung cancer

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FEVER; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEMOPTYSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PERFORMANCE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPIROMETRY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BRONCHI; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PNEUMONECTOMY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0034903957     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(01)00742-4     Document Type: Article

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