Fiberoptic bronchoscopic cryo-ablation of central bronchial lung cancer

Background: Radiotherapy and chemotherapy are the standard palliative treatments in patients with inoperable carcinoma of the lung present with obstruction of the central airway but have limited effectiveness in reopening obstructed airways. Cryosurgery is one of the several techniques that can be u...

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Main Authors: Ahmed Sh. Mohamed, Mohamed A. Alm El-Din
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-04-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0422763815301308