Pulmonary metastasectomy: A survey of current practice amongst members of the european society of thoracic surgeons

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1257-1266

  Internullo, Eveline ^a,e   Cassivi, Stephen D ^b   Van Raemdonck, Dirk ^a   Friedel, Godehard ^c   Treasure, Tom ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c Klinik Schillerhoehe Thoraxchirurgie   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lung metastases; Metastasectomy; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METASTASIS; PALPATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY METASTASECTOMY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT INDICATION; AGED; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; PALPATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PNEUMONECTOMY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; THORACIC SURGERY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 58949104455     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e31818bd9da     Document Type: Article

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