Recurrence of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma at the Resection Borders—Local or Distant Recurrence?
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Recurrence of malignant pleural mesothelioma at the resection borders--local or distant recurrence?
Journal of Thoracic Oncology® • Volume 8, Number 7, July 2013 We congratulate Gomez et al for their very important contribution on the patterns of failure, toxicity, and survival after extrapleural pneumonectomy and hemithoracic intensity-modulated radiation therapy, for malignant pleural mesothelioma. Studies about patterns of failure are of great importance because patterns of local and dista...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Thoracic Oncology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1556-0864
DOI: 10.1097/jto.0b013e318293e42e