A randomised trial of single-dose radiotherapy to prevent procedure tract metastasis by malignant mesothelioma

A single 9-MeV electron treatment, following invasive thoracic procedures in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma, was examined. In all, 58 sites were randomised to prophylactic radiotherapy or not. There was no statistically significant difference in tract metastasis. A single 10-Gy treatme...

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Autores principales: Bydder, S, Phillips, M, Joseph, D J, Cameron, F, Spry, N A, DeMelker, Y, Musk, A W
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2004
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2364745/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15199394
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6601957

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2364745/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15199394
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6601957

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