Modeling of mesothelioma growth demonstrates weaknesses of current response criteria

Lung Cancer

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 141-148

  Oxnard, Geoffrey R ^a   Armato III, Samuel G ^b   Kindler, Hedy L ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Mesothelioma; Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST); Tumor measurement; Tumor response; Tumor volume

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; EVALUATION; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT; MESOTHELIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR MODEL; TUMOR VOLUME; VOLUMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33645974029     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2005.12.013     Document Type: Article

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