Lymphangitis carcinomatosa: A literature review

Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 7-13

  Bruce, D M ^a,b   Keys, S D ^a   Eremin, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Lymphangitis; Neoplasms

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; FLUOROURACIL; HORMONE; MITOMYCIN C; STEROID;

BREAST CARCINOMA; DEATH; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHANGITIS; METASTASIS; PATHOGENESIS; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; STOMACH CANCER; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHANGITIS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030028423     PISSN: 00358835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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