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adjustment of power output.[35] … help alleviate symptoms associated with airway obstruction (…

… symptoms in patients with histologically benign and malignant central airway obstruction.
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lung cancer incidence and prevalence, … for endoscopic treatment as first option [30]. It is also an …

… The most common etiology of malignant CAO is lung cancer, … for surgery, or in whom this
option has failed, the use of … with advanced lung cancer and malignant CAO treated with a …

… in malignant CAO that include QoL questionnaires but without comparing the results to
standard oncologic treatment … In our study cohort although all patients were offered the option of …

… as having a thoracic malignancy between 1 November 2014 … an immediate option, aggressive
endobronchial treatment … advanced stage cancer (stage ≥IIIa), who had treatment, and ~…

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invasive treatment for cancer, … The level of statistical significance was set at P <0.05. STATA …