Can suspicion for malignancy improve the indication of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) in patients with pleural effusion of unknown cause?

T. Aiello (Barcelona, Spain)

Source: International Congress 2017 – Pleural and mediastinal malignancies
Session: Pleural and mediastinal malignancies
Session type: Thematic Poster
Number: 4297
Disease area: Thoracic oncology

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