A case of malignant pleural mesothelioma with unexpectedly long survival without active treatment

Respiration

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 166-168

  Wong, C F ^a   Fung, S L ^a   Yew, W W ^a   Fu, K H ^b  

^a GRANTHAM HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b TSEUNG KWAN O HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Malignant pleural mesothelioma; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

AGED; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0036228713     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000056321     Document Type: Article

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