An Unusual Successfully Treated Case of Pulmonary Yolk Sac Tumor

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 656-658

  Chen, Chih Hao ^a   Chen, Tze Chien ^a   Huang, Wen Chien ^a   Chen, Tung Ying ^a   Liu, Hung Chang ^a  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOBECTOMY; LUNG TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; THORACOTOMY; THORAX TUMOR; TUMOR RECURRENCE; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; ENDODERMAL SINUS TUMOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM STAGING; PNEUMONECTOMY; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38349085040     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.08.030     Document Type: Article

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