Treatment of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: Pleurectomy with Adjuvant Therapy

Operative Techniques in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-75

  Flores, Raja M ^a   Alam, Naveed ^b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; CYTARABINE; DOXORUBICIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; MITOMYCIN; TAMOXIFEN;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DECORTICATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; MALIGNANT MENINGIOMA; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEPHROTOXICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOTHERAPY; PLEURA CANCER; PLEURECTOMY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INCISION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; SUTURING METHOD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 33646806821     PISSN: 15222942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.optechstcvs.2006.02.002     Document Type: Article

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