Giant cell carcinoma of the lung impact of diagnosis and review of cytological features

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 555-559

  Alasio, Teresa M ^a   Sun, Wei ^b   Yang, Grace C H ^c  

^a Downstate Health Sciences University   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspiration cytology; Carcinoma; Giant cells; Lung

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GIANT CELL CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG CARCINOMA; MALE; METASTASIS; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, GIANT CELL; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34548751851     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20701     Document Type: Article

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