A 10-year experience of pleurodesis for malignant pleural effusion in a district general hospital

A. Al-Ameri, J. Stowell, S. Lok (Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2010 - Treatment of lung cancer
Session: Treatment of lung cancer
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 5061
Disease area: Thoracic oncology

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