Radical pleurectomy and intraoperative photodynamic therapy for malignant pleural mesothelioma

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1658-1667

  Friedberg, Joseph S ^a   Culligan, Melissa J ^a   Mick, Rosemarie ^a   Stevenson, James ^a   Hahn, Stephen M ^a   Sterman, Daniel ^a   Punekar, Salman ^a   Glatstein, Eli ^a   Cengel, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

EPP; extrapleural pneumonectomy; macroscopic complete resection; malignant pleural mesothelioma; MCR; MPM; PDT; PFS; photodynamic therapy; progression free survival; radical pleurectomy; RP

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; SAFETY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

EID: 84860249120     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.02.009     Document Type: Article

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