Superior vena cava syndrome caused by supraclavicular lymph node metastasis of renal cell carcinoma

International Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 382-384

  Sakura, Mizuaki ^a,c   Tsujii, Toshihiko ^a   Yamauchi, Akimasa ^a   Tadokoro, Manabu ^b   Tsukamoto, Tetsuro ^b   Kawakami, Satoru ^b   Yonese, Junji ^b   Fukui, Iwao ^b  

^a Tokyo Metropolitan Ohtsuka Hospital   (Japan)

^b CANCER INSTITUTE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Renal cell carcinoma; Superior vena cava syndrome; Supraclavicular lymph node metastasis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEIN; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MEDIASTINUM METASTASIS; NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN SYNDROME; THYROID TUMOR; TUMOR THROMBUS;

AGED; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; RADIOTHERAPY; SUPERIOR VENA CAVA SYNDROME;

EID: 35348851385     PISSN: 13419625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10147-007-0668-8     Document Type: Article

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