Cryosurgery for malignant endobronchial tumors: Analysis of outcome

Chest

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2007-2014

  Asimakopoulos, George ^a   Beeson, Julia ^a   Evans, Joanna ^a   Maiwand, M Omar ^a  

^a HAREFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bronchial tumor; Bronchoscopy; Lung cancer; Regression analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS CANCER; BRONCHUS TUMOR; CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CRYOSURGERY; DYSPNEA; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; CANCER STAGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRONCHIAL NEOPLASMS; BRONCHOSCOPY; COHORT STUDIES; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 21844446885     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.127.6.2007     Document Type: Article

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