Combined carcinoid tumor of the lung: A combination of carcinoid and adenocarcinoma

Lung Cancer

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-58

  Sen, Filiz ^a   Borczuk, Alain C ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University Medical College   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Carcinoid; Carcinoma; Lung

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS CARCINOID; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MITOSIS; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOID TUMOR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0032415361     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5002(98)00042-7     Document Type: Article

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