Diagnosis, treatment and long-term outcome of solitary fibrous tumours of the pleura

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 403-408

  Kohler, Malcolm ^a   Clarenbach, Christian F ^a   Kestenholz, Peter ^a   Kurrer, Michael ^a   Steinert, Hans C ^a   Russi, Erich W ^a   Weder, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Pleura; Positron emission tomography; Solitary fibrous tumour; Video assisted thoracoscopic surgery

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLEURA TUMOR; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLITARY FIBROUS TUMOR; THORACOTOMY; THORAX SURGERY; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, FIBROUS TISSUE; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACOTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547655572     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2007.05.027     Document Type: Article

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