Cryotherapy plus chemotherapy or radiation offers increased survival and quality of life in advanced stage lung cancer patients with endobronchial obstruction: Analysis of 160 patients treated with the rigid bronchoscope

C. Chatziantoniou, P. Michos, I. Gakidis, E. Sepsas, A. Stamatelopoulos, G. Georgopoulos (Athens, Greece)

Source: Annual Congress 2012 - Mediastinum and tracheobronchial tree
Session: Mediastinum and tracheobronchial tree
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 2936
Disease area: Thoracic oncology

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