Clinicopathological profile of primary bronchogenic carcinoma treated in a tertiary care hospital of western Nepal

Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 98-103

  Chandrashekhar, Thummalahally Sreeramareddy ^a   Binu, Valsala Sreekumaran ^a   Vadivelu, Gnanaprakasam ^a   Mallik, Singaraju ^a   Kurien, Renju ^a   Joshi, Hari Shankar ^a  

^a MANIPAL TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Bronchogenic carcinoma; Histopathology; Nepal; Radiology; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 33646341215     PISSN: 17437555     EISSN: 17437563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-7563.2006.00046.x     Document Type: Article

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