Endobronchial palliation using Nd:YAG laser is associated with improved survival when combined with multimodal adjuvant treatments

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-64

  Han, Charles C ^a   Prasetyo, Davin ^b   Wright, Gavin M ^a  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Lung cancer; Multi modal therapy; Nd:YAG laser; Palliation; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SARCOMA; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MYALGIA; NEODYMIUM LASER; ONCOGENESIS AND MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STENT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS TUMOR; COUGHING; LASER SURGERY; LUNG TUMOR; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRONCHIAL NEOPLASMS; BRONCHOSCOPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COUGH; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 34249719633     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e31802bff2d     Document Type: Article

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