The effect of Nd:YAG laser resection on symptom control, time to progression and survival in lung cancer patients

Journal of B.U.ON.

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 361-368

  Zaric, Bojan ^a   Canak, V ^a   Milovancev, A ^a   Jovanovic, S ^a   Budisin, E ^a   Sarcev, T ^a   Nisevic, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Bronchoscopy; Interventional pulmonology; Lung cancer; Nd:YAG laser resection; Palliative treatment

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEODYMIUM LASER; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35248835026     PISSN: 11070625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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