Changing trends in the distribution of the histologic types of lung cancer: a review of 4,439 cases

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 89-96

  Wahbah, Mary ^a   Boroumand, Nahal ^a   Castro, Claudia ^a   El Zeky, Faten ^a   Eltorky, Mahmoud ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Histologic types; Large cell carcinoma; Lung cancer; Small cell carcinoma; Squamous cell carcinoma; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LARGE CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, LARGE CELL; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEXAS;

EID: 33847606966     PISSN: 10929134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2006.04.006     Document Type: Article

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