A national survey of oncologist and chest physicians’ attitudes towards empirical anti-oestrogen therapy,early pleurodesis and preference of sclerosing agent in malignant breast and ovarian pleural disease
Available accessOtherFirst published online July, 2005
A national survey of oncologist and chest physicians’ attitudes towards empirical anti-oestrogen therapy,early pleurodesis and preference of sclerosing agent in malignant breast and ovarian pleural disease
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