Analysis of a diagnostic strategy for patients with suspected tumors of unknown origin

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1995, Pages 2094-2103

  Abbruzzese, James L ^a   Abbruzzese, Marie C ^a   Lenzi, Renato ^a   Hess, Kenneth R ^a   Raber, Martin N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR;

EID: 0029154961     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.1995.13.8.2094     Document Type: Article

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