Palliative management of malignant airway obstruction

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1928-1933

  Morris, Cullen D ^a   Budde, Jason M ^a   Godette, Karen D ^a   Kerwin, Timothy L ^a   Miller Jr , Joseph I ^a,b   Reed, Carolyn E ^c   Cerfolio, Robert J ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY CLINIC   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEODYMIUM LASER; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BRACHYTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0036899945     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)04085-7     Document Type: Article

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