Malignant pleural mesothelioma: clinicopathologic and survival characteristics in a consecutive series of 394 patients☆
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Malignant pleural mesothelioma: clinicopathologic and survival characteristics in a consecutive series of 394 patients.
OBJECTIVE Treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) remains disappointing, although recent reports suggest that multimodality therapy including surgery may provide a significant survival benefit. The aims of this single institution study were: to investigate clinicopathologic characteristics and potential prognostic factors in MPM patients, and to ascertain whether surgery followed by a...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1010-7940
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2007.09.044