Radiotherapy in the treatment of lung cancer

Hospital Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 639-642

  Macbeth, Fergus ^a,b  

^a BEATSON WEST OF SCOTLAND CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b LLANDOUGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG TUMOR; METASTASIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PANCOAST TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA;

CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PALLIATIVE CARE; PANCOAST'S SYNDROME; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 0030585212     PISSN: 14623935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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