Protocol for PIT: a phase III trial of prophylactic irradiation of tracts in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma following invasive chest wall intervention

INTRODUCTION: Histological diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma requires an invasive procedure such as CT-guided needle biopsy, thoracoscopy, video-assisted thorascopic surgery (VATs) or thoracotomy. These invasive procedures encourage tumour cell seeding at the intervention site and patients can dev...

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Autores principales: Bayman, N, Ardron, D, Ashcroft, L, Baldwin, D R, Booton, R, Darlison, L, Edwards, J G, Lang-Lazdunski, L, Lester, J F, Peake, M, Rintoul, R C, Snee, M, Taylor, P, Lunt, C, Faivre-Finn, C
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2016
Materias:
Oncology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4735163/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26817643
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010589

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