Macroscopic complete resection: The goal of primary surgery in multimodality therapy for pleural mesothelioma

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 175-176

  Sugarbaker, David J ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIFOSTINE; CISPLATIN; PEMETREXED; SODIUM THIOSULFATE;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECORTICATION; HUMAN; LUNG RESECTION; MICROMETASTASIS; MORBIDITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; MESOTHELIOMA; METHODOLOGY; PLEURA TUMOR; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; PNEUMONECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34047120349     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01243894-200602000-00014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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