Re-evaluating the role of palliative radiotherapy in malignant pleural mesothelioma

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 47, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 2143-2149

  Jenkins, Peter ^a   Milliner, Rebecca ^a   Salmon, Clare ^a  

^a CHELTENHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mesothelioma; Predictive factors; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052540857     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: 18790852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2011.05.012     Document Type: Article

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