Malignant pleural mesothelioma with long-term tumor disappearance of a local relapse after surgery: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Higashiyama, Masahiko ^a   Oda, Kazuyuki ^a   Okami, Jiro ^a   Maeda, Jun ^a   Kodama, Ken ^a   Imamura, Fumio ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGARICUS BLAZEI EXTRACT; CARBOPLATIN; GEMCITABINE;

ACUPUNCTURE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RELAPSE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NERVE STIMULATION; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF MEDICATION; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR REGRESSION;

EID: 72449180368     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-3-6800     Document Type: Article

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