Treatment of carcinoid of the lung

Current Opinion in Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 146-149

  Kosmidis, Paris A ^a  

^a HYGEIA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biotherapy; Chemotherapy; Pulmonary carcinoids

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE; ALPHA INTERFERON; CISPLATIN; CORTICOTROPIN; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; FLUOROURACIL; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; INTERFERON; KI 67 ANTIGEN; OCTREOTIDE; PENTETREOTIDE IN 111; SEROTONIN; SOMATOSTATIN; STREPTOZOCIN;

ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS CARCINOID; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOID SYNDROME; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARCINOID TUMOR; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 1642488213     PISSN: 10408746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001622-200403000-00011     Document Type: Review

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