Six minute walk test (6MWT) in patients with diagnosis of lung cancer – Clinical value in physiological evaluation candidates for surgical treatment

M. Franczuk, P. Rudzinski, J. Usiekniewicz, M. Kram, R. Langfort, S. Wesolowski, T. Orlowski (Warsaw, Poland)

Source: Annual Congress 2012 - Pre-operative evaluation in thoracic surgery
Session: Pre-operative evaluation in thoracic surgery
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 3305
Disease area: Thoracic oncology

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M. Franczuk, P. Rudzinski, J. Usiekniewicz, M. Kram, R. Langfort, S. Wesolowski, T. Orlowski (Warsaw, Poland). Six minute walk test (6MWT) in patients with diagnosis of lung cancer – Clinical value in physiological evaluation candidates for surgical treatment. Eur Respir J 2012; 40: Suppl. 56, 3305

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