## Abstract Surgical treatment of nonβsmall cell lung cancer has been reported to be associated with increased mortality, especially when pneumonectomy has been employed. A 9βyear review of 81 patients treated surgically, with a policy of avoiding pneumonectomy and using internal radiation and wedg
Treatment of Lung Cancer in Older Patients
β Scribed by Tanoue, Lynn T.; Gettinger, Scott
- Book ID
- 125448997
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 570 KB
- Volume
- 28
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0272-5231
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