Open and close thoracotomy rate: can the physician contribute?

T. Win, A. Tasker, F. Wells, A. Ritchie, S. Wilkinson, C. M. Laroche (Cambridge, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2004 - Complications of lung cancer or its treatment quality of life - prognosis
Session: Complications of lung cancer or its treatment quality of life - prognosis
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 579
Disease area: Thoracic oncology

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