Surgical and Nonsurgical Therapy for Lung Metastasis: Indications and Outcomes

Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 579-605

  Demmy, Todd L ^a,b   Dunn, Kelli Bullard ^a,b  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXORUBICIN; MELPHALAN; MITOMYCIN C; PLATINUM DERIVATIVE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG MEGADOSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR GROWTH; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; PNEUMONECTOMY; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; STERNUM; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34250872959     PISSN: 10553207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soc.2007.04.011     Document Type: Review

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