Immune cell infiltrates and prognosis in primary carcinoma of the lung

Lung Cancer

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-35

  Johnson, Senga K ^a   Kerr, Keith M ^a   Chapman, Andrea D ^a   Kennedy, Margaret M ^a   King, George ^a   Cockburn, John S ^a   Jeffrey, Robert R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Immune reaction; Langerhans cells; Lung cancer; Lymphocytes; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; LANGERHANS CELL; LUNG CARCINOMA; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR IMMUNOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033991155     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5002(99)00095-1     Document Type: Article

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