Primary Unknown Cancer in Pulmonary Hilar Lymph Node with Spontaneous Transient Regression: Report of a Case

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 405-409

  Kawasaki, Hidenori ^a   Yoshida, Junji ^a   Yokose, Tomoyuki ^b   Suzuki, Kenji ^a   Nagai, Kanji ^a   Hojo, Fumihiko ^a   Kodama, Tetsuro ^c   Nishiwaki, Yutaka ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Large cell carcinoma; Lung; Primary unknown cancer; Pulmonary hilar node; Spontaneous regression

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LARGE CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; METASTASIS; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; TUMOR REGRESSION;

AGED; CARCINOMA, LARGE CELL; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; NEOPLASM REGRESSION, SPONTANEOUS; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY;

EID: 0032087029     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/28.6.405     Document Type: Article

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