Radiotherapy for the palliation of high-volume pleural effusion in malignant mesothelioma: Case report

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 63-64

  Chin, Y S ^a   Yeghaian Alvandi, R ^a   Noel M ^b  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NEPEAN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NAUSEA; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; RECURRENT DISEASE; SHUNTING; THORACOCENTESIS; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

HUMANS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036208773     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269216302pm505xx     Document Type: Article

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3. Indications for pleurectomy in malignant effusions
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