Expectoration of a lung metastasis in a patient with colorectal carcinoma

Clinical Colorectal Cancer

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 283-286

  Ghetie, Cristian ^a   Davies, Marianne ^a   Cornfeld, Daniel ^a   Suh, Namsoo ^a   Saif, Muhammad Wasif ^a,b  

^a YALE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Bronchoscopy; Endobronchial metastasis; Hemoptysis; Stent

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB; CAPECITABINE; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CETUXIMAB; FLUOROURACIL; IRINOTECAN; OXALIPLATIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CANCER PATIENT; CASE REPORT; CHEST TIGHTNESS; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; TISSUE EXPECTORATION; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 49149126459     PISSN: 15330028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3816/CCC.2008.n.037     Document Type: Article

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