Complete spontaneous remission in a patient with metastatic non-small- cell lung cancer. Case report, review of literature, and discussion of possible biological pathways involved

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1031-1039

  Kappauf, H ^a,c   Gallmeier, W M ^a   Wunsch P H ^a   Mittelmeier, H O ^a   Birkmann, J ^a   Buschel G ^a   Kaiser, G ^a   Kraus, J ^b  

^a Nuremberg City Hospital   (Germany)

^b Klin Nord der Stadt Nürnberg ^*

^c KLINIKUM NÜRNBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antiangiogenesis; Apoptosis; Cell differentiation; Lung cancer; Spontaneous remission

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; TELOMERASE;

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ETIOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY;

APOPTOSIS; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOKINES; HORMONES; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM REGRESSION, SPONTANEOUS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PSYCHONEUROIMMUNOLOGY; TELOMERASE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030692840     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008209618128     Document Type: Article

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