Sequential thoracic metastasectomy prolongs survival by re-establishing local control within the chest

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 657-667

  Jaklitsch, Michael T ^a   Mery, Carlos M ^a   Lukanich, Jeanne M ^a   Richards, William G ^a   Bueno, Raphael ^a   Swanson, Scott J ^a   Mentzer, Steven J ^a   Davis, Ben D ^a   Allred, Elizabeth N ^b   Sugarbaker, David J ^a   Fosburg, Richard ^c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Brigham and Women's Hospital ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RECURRENCE; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; INOPERABLE CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SARCOMA; SEQUENTIAL THORACIC METASTASECTOMY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL TIME; THORAX SURGERY;

EID: 18744365150     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2001.112822     Document Type: Article

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