ERS/ESTS clinical guidelines on fitness for radical therapy in lung cancer patients (surgery and chemo-radiotherapy)

Brunelli A. , Charloux A. , Bolliger C. T. , Rocco G. , Sculier J-P. , Varela G. , Licker M. , Ferguson M. K. , Faivre-Finn C. , Huber R. M. , Clini E. M. , Win T. , De Ruysscher D. , Goldman L. , on behalf of the European Respiratory Society , European Society of Thoracic Surgeons joint task force on fitness for radical therapy

Source: Eur Respir J 2009; 34: 17-41
Journal Issue: July
Disease area: Thoracic oncology

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