The bone marrow aspirate and biopsy in the diagnosis of unsuspected nonhematologic malignancy: A clinical study of 19 cases

BMC Cancer

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Ozkalemkas, Fahir ^a   Ali, Ridvan ^a   Ozkocaman, Vildan ^a   Ozcelik, Tulay ^a   Ozan, Ulku ^a   Ozturk, Hulya ^a   Kurt, Ender ^a   Evrensel, Turkkan ^a   Yerci, Omer ^a   Tunali, Ahmet ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICALUTAMIDE; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUOROURACIL; FLUTAMIDE; FOLIC ACID; GOSERELIN; IFOSFAMIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPENIA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPROTEINEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MUSCLE CANCER; MYELOPHTHISIC ANEMIA; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE CANCER; STOMACH CANCER; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; BIOPSY; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW CELL; CYTOLOGY; ERYTHROBLAST; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; METABOLISM; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC; BIOPSY; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW CELLS; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; ERYTHROBLASTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 27744458284     PISSN: 14712407     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-5-144     Document Type: Article

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