Spontaneous regression of metastatic renal cancer: Case report and literature review

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 416-418

  Lokich, Jacob ^a  

^a Cancer Center of Boston   (United States)

Author keywords

Renal cell cancer; Spontaneous regression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY CANCER; KIDNEY METASTASIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEURA EFFUSION; REMISSION;

ADENOCARCINOMA, CLEAR CELL; ADENOMA, OXYPHILIC; BONE NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM REGRESSION, SPONTANEOUS; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; NEPHRECTOMY; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030835841     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000421-199708000-00020     Document Type: Article

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