Is pleurectomy and decortication superior to palliative care in the treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 812-817

  Zahid, Imran ^a   Sharif, Sumera ^a   Routledge, Tom ^b   Scarcib, Marco ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Malignant mesothelioma; Pleurectomyydecortication; Supportive care

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; MITOMYCIN; NAVELBINE; VINBLASTINE;

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHYLOTHORAX; DECORTICATION; DIAPHRAGM RUPTURE; ESOPHAGUS RUPTURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MALIGNANT MENINGIOMA; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BENCHMARKING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MESOTHELIOMA; NEOPLASM STAGING; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79956215338     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2010.256271     Document Type: Article

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