Superior sulcus tumors: A mini-review

Oncologist

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 550-555

  Archie, Victor C ^a   Thomas Jr , Charles R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Combined modality; Non small cell lung cancer; Pancoast; Superior sulcus

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; DOCETAXEL; ETOPOFOS; ETOPOSIDE;

CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CLINICAL TRIALS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PANCOAST'S SYNDROME; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 4944233445     PISSN: 10837159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.9-5-550     Document Type: Short Survey

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