Cryosurgery for Lung Cancer: Clinical Results and Technical Aspects

Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 143-150

  Maiwand, M O ^a   Asimakopoulos, G ^a  

^a HAREFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryosurgery; Lung cancer; Palliation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS OBSTRUCTION; BRONCHUS TUMOR; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER INFILTRATION; CANCER SURVIVAL; COUGHING; CRYOSURGERY; DEVICE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; THORACOTOMY; THORAX PAIN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 2142750179     PISSN: 15330346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153303460400300207     Document Type: Article

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