The role of surgery in cytologically positive pleural effusion in NSCLC

A. Akopov, V. Egorov, G. Nikolaev (St Petersburg, Russia)

Source: Annual Congress 2003 - Lung cancer surgery: prognostic factors
Session: Lung cancer surgery: prognostic factors
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 1446
Disease area: Thoracic oncology

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