Surgery in small cell lung cancer: When and why

Journal of B.U.ON.

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 459-472

  Baltayiannis, Nikolaos ^a,b   Bolanos, N ^a   Anagnostopoulos, D ^a   Sfyridis, P ^a   Georgiannakis, E ^a   Zografos, P ^a   Chatzimichalis, A ^a  

^a METAXA CANCER HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Multimodality protocols; Small cell lung cancer; Surgery

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; HYDROXYUREA; IFOSFAMIDE; LOMUSTINE; METHOTREXATE; VINCRISTINE;

CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CENTER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOBECTOMY; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SURGERY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; META ANALYSIS; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 33344466603     PISSN: 11070625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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