Thoracoscopic surgery in childhood cancer

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 429-435

  Smith, Thomas J ^a   Rothenberg, Steven S ^a   Brooks, Melissa ^a   Bealer, John ^a   Chang, Jack ^a   Cook, Bruce A ^a   Cullen, John W ^a  

^a Childhood Hematol Oncol Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Lobectomy; Mediastinal mass; Metastatic nodules; Pulmonary infiltrates; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LOBECTOMY; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM MASS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACIC NEOPLASMS; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 0036693160     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043426-200208000-00004     Document Type: Article

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