Pulmonary metastasectomy for metastatic malignant melanoma

Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 45-48

  Lewis Jr , Cleveland W ^a,b   Harpole, David ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Melanomo; Metastasis; Thoracic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG RESECTION; MELANOMA; SKIN CANCER; SURVIVAL TIME; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036254740     PISSN: 10430679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/stcs.2002.31741     Document Type: Article

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