Platelet counts were studied retrospectively in a series of 64 patients suspected of primary malignant pleural mesothelioma. Only platelet counts taken before chemotherapy and radiotherapy and surgery other than thoracocentesis were considered. Thirty-two patients had malignant pleural mesothelioma
Clinical analysis of 19 patients with pleural mesothelioma
β Scribed by Jianming Dou; Pang Qingshu; Liu Dongxing
- Publisher
- Chinese Anti-Cancer Association
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 162 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1000-9604
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