## Abstract A median survival time of about 9 months is generally reported among malignant pleural mesothelioma cases. Recently, better results in terms of survival and performance status have been reported in clinical trials that included highly selected patients. We describe the survival of pleur
Malignant pleural mesothelioma: A survival study
โ Scribed by Dr. James C. Harvey; Erik H. Fleischman; A. Robert Kagan; Oscar E. Streeter
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 207 KB
- Volume
- 45
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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