The "y" symbol: An important classification tool for neoadjuvant cancer treatment

Cancer

Volumn 106, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2526-2527

  Brierley, James D ^a   Greene, Frederick L ^b   Sobin, Leslie H ^c   Wittekind, Christian ^d  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NOMENCLATURE; PATHOLOGIC CLASSIFICATION; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATIENT CODING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HUMANS; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASMS; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 33646896932     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.21887     Document Type: Article

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