Apparent spontaneous complete regression of a multifocal malignant mesothelioma of the pleura

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 187, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 413-415

  Allen, Roger K A ^a  

^a WESLEY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE FREE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; MULTIPLE CANCER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT REFUSAL; LUNG; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PLEURA TUMOR; RADIOGRAPHY; REMISSION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 38449094949     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb01315.x     Document Type: Article

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