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