Case 1. Presentation of small-cell lung cancer with marked hyperamylasemia

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 3826-3828

  Benedetti, Giovanni ^a   Rastelli, Francesca ^a   Damiani, Stefania ^a   Calandri, Cesare ^a   Crinò, Lucio ^a  

^a BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; ANALGESIC AGENT; CARBOPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; OCTREOTIDE; STEROID; TUMOR MARKER;

AGED; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD TOXICITY; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERAMYLASEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME;

AGED; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERAMYLASEMIA; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALLIATIVE CARE; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 23244445985     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2004.11.099     Document Type: Article

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