Rising lung cancer deaths among younger individuals: Lung carcinoma in a patient at the age of 26

Onkologie

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 212-

  Kocak, Z ^a,b   Uzal, M C ^a   Uygun, K ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; PROTEIN P53;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANOREXIA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; HISTOLOGY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MUTATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TURKEY;

EID: 2442559281     PISSN: 0378584X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000076916     Document Type: Letter

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