Resected well-differentiated fetal pulmonary adenocarcinoma and summary of 25 cases reported in Japan

Japanese Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 539-542

  Sato, Shuichi ^a   Koike, Teruaki ^a   Yamato, Yasushi ^a   Yoshiya, Katsuo ^a   Honma, Keiichi ^a   Tsukada, Hiroko ^a  

^a NIIGATA CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Prognosis; Pulmonary blastoma; Well differentiated fetal adenocarcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; LOBECTOMY; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG BLASTOMA; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; THORACOTOMY;

ADULT; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PULMONARY BLASTOMA;

EID: 33846468215     PISSN: 13444964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11748-006-0048-8     Document Type: Article

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