Pulmonary blastoma: Report of five cases and identification of clinical features suggestive of the disease

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 708-711

  Robert, John ^a   Pache, Jean Claude ^a   Seium, Yodit ^a   De Perrot, Marc ^a   Spiliopoulos, Anastase ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Non small cell lung cancer; Pulmonary blastoma

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; MESNA;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LOBECTOMY; LUNG BLASTOMA; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY BLASTOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0036842786     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00529-8     Document Type: Article

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