The endoscopic cryotherapy of lung and bronchial tumors: A systematic review: Can we expect a new era of cryotherapy in lung cancer?

Korean Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 132-134

  Lee, Jinwoo ^a   Park, Young Sik ^a   Yang, Seok Chul ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BRONCHOSCOPE; BRONCHUS CANCER; CANCER CELL DESTRUCTION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER THERAPY; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CRYOTHERAPY; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPIC CRYOTHERAPY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; HUMAN; INOPERABLE CANCER; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CARCINOMA; PATIENT SAFETY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

BRONCHIAL NEOPLASMS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CRYOSURGERY; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79959824173     PISSN: 12263303     EISSN: 20056648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3904/kjim.2011.26.2.132     Document Type: Editorial

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