The referral to diagnosis time for patients with malignant effusions presenting to a respiratory pleural clinic

J. Walters, A. Srivastava, N. M. Foley (Bath, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2010 - Current issues in malignant pleural diseases
Session: Current issues in malignant pleural diseases
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 3324
Disease area: Thoracic oncology

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