Diffuse malignant mesothelioma of the pleura: A clinical study of 51 cases from a multi-institutional study group

Japanese Journal of Lung Cancer

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 241-247

  Yusa, Toshikazu ^a   Iyoda, Akira ^b   Kadoyama, Chikabumi ^c   Sasaki, Kazuyoshi ^d   Suzuki, Makoto ^e   Yamakawa, Hisami ^f   Fujisawa, Takehiko ^b  

^a CHIBA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SAITAMA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d HAMAMATSU MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^e Chiba Prefecture Cancer Center   (Japan)

^f Chiba Higashi Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemohyperthermia; Diffuse malignant pleural mesothelioma; Hyaluronic acid; Pleuropneumonectomy; Thoracoscopic pleural biopsy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ASBESTOS; HYALURONIC ACID;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG EFFICACY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23944456582     PISSN: 03869628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2482/haigan.45.241     Document Type: Article

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