Brain metastasis in resected lung cancer: Value of intensive follow-up with computed tomography

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 546-551

  Yokoi, Kohei ^a   Miyazawa, Naoto ^a   Arai, Toshimoto ^a  

^a TOCHIGI CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0030027844     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(95)01096-3     Document Type: Article

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