Value of intraoperative pleural lavage in staging non-small cell lung cancer [8]

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 331-

  Goldstraw, Peter ^a   Lim, Eric ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER STAGING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; IRRIGATION; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PLEURA;

EID: 3242784231     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2004.04.025     Document Type: Letter

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