A case of pulmonary carcinosarcoma (squamous cell carcinoma and osteosarcoma) treated with cisplatin and doxorubicin

Anticancer Research

Volumn 26, Issue 5 B, 2006, Pages 3893-3897

  Langer, Florian ^a   Wintzer, Hanns Olof ^b   Werner, Mathias ^a   Weber, Christoph ^a   Brümmendorf, Tim H ^a   Bokemeyer, Carsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b Asklepios Klinik Harburg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cisplatin; Doxorubicin; NSCLC; Pulmonary carcinosarcoma

Indexed keywords

ACETYLDIGOXIN; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATORVASTATIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CAPTOPRIL; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CISPLATIN; CORTICOSTEROID; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DOXORUBICIN; FORMOTEROL; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; PANTOPRAZOLE; PREDNISOLONE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; TIOTROPIUM BROMIDE; TRIAMTERENE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CANCER THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG CARCINOMA; MALE; OSTEOSARCOMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOSARCOMA; CISPLATIN; DOXORUBICIN; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750708539     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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