Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 69, Issue 8 , Pages 377-382 , August 2006

Management of Primary Chest Wall Tumors: 14 Years' Clinical Experience

  • Po-Kuei Hsu

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Hui-Chen Lee

      Affiliations

    • Division of Experimental Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Han-Shui Hsu, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 201, Section 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei 112, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Chih-Cheng Hsieh

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Yu-Chung Wu

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Liang-Shun Wang

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Biing-Shiun Huang

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Wen-Hu Hsu

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Min-Hsiung Huang

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Received 29 September 2005 ,Accepted 13 June 2006.

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PII: S1726-4901(09)70276-X

doi: 10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70276-X

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 69, Issue 8 , Pages 377-382 , August 2006

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