Malignant mesothelioma: Experience at the Singapore General Hospital

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 388-391

  Chan, Kenneth ^a   Tan, K L ^a   Lee, H S ^a,b   Eng, P ^c  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b Ministry of Manpower Government of Singapore   (Singapore)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Asbestos; Occupational disease; Pleural effusion; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ASBESTOS; TALC;

ADULT; AGED; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERITONEUM TUMOR; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURODESIS; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SINGAPORE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0041733489     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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