Pleurodesis outcome in malignant pleural mesothelioma

Thorax

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 594-596

  Fysh, Edward Thomas Hamilton ^a,b   Tan, Sze Khen ^a,c   Read, Catherine Ann ^a   Lee, Felicity ^a   McKenzie, Kate ^a   Olsen, Nola ^b   Weerasena, Indunil ^a   Threlfall, Timothy ^d   Klerk, Nicholas De ^b   William Musk, A ^a,b   Gary Lee, Y C ^a,b  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c KHOO TECK PUAT HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^d Western Australia Department of Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; TALC;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPYEMA; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURECTOMY; PLEURODESIS; PLEUROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCLEROTHERAPY; SURVIVAL TIME; THORACOCENTESIS; THORACOTOMY; THORAX DRAINAGE; TREATMENT FAILURE; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

EID: 84877617707     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2012-203043     Document Type: Article

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