Metastatic potentiality of micropapillary and conventional histological patterns: A comparative study of 82 pulmonary adenocarcinomas

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 87, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2004, Pages

  Chantranuwat, Chavit ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Histological subtypes; Lung; Metastasis; Micropapillary; Prognostic marker

Indexed keywords

ACINAR CELL CARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PROGNOSIS; SOLID TUMOR; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 22744442057     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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