Prolonged Survival Due to Spontaneous Regression and Surgical Excision of Malignant Mesothelioma

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 314-315

  Pilling, John E ^a   Nicholson, Andrew G ^b   Harmer, Clive ^c   Goldstraw, Peter ^a  

^a Department of Thoracic Surgery ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SURVIVAL TIME; THORAX WALL CANCER;

FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM REGRESSION, SPONTANEOUS; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33845490021     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.05.070     Document Type: Article

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