Tumour cell frequency in pleural lavage in cases with stage I epidermoid lung cancer with no visceral pleural involvement

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 300-301

  Oguzkaya, Fahri ^a   Akçali, Yigit ^a   Bilgin, Mehmet ^a   Haberal, Arif ^a   Akgün, Hülya ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Pleural lavage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; EPIDERMOID TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; PLEURA; PLEURA EFFUSION; PROGNOSIS; THORACOTOMY; TUMOR CELL;

AGED; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PLEURA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 20444470335     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2005.03355.x     Document Type: Article

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