Clinicopathological investigation of pulmonary pleomorphic carcinoma

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 873-876

  Yamamoto, Satoshi ^a   Hamatake, Daisuke ^a   Ueno, Takao ^a   Higuchi, Takao ^a   Hiratsuka, Masahumi ^a   Shiraishi, Takeshi ^a   Iwasaki, Akinori ^a   Shirakusa, Takayuki ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carcinoma with spindle cell and giant cell; Lung cancer; Pleomorphic carcinoma

Indexed keywords

GEMCITABINE; PACLITAXEL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPREHENSION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG LOBE; LUNG RESECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATHOLOGIST; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY PLEOMORPHIC CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PNEUMONECTOMY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35748977386     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2007.09.010     Document Type: Article

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