Is sarcoidosis frequent in patients with cancer?

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 478-480

  Shigemitsu, Hidenobu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Sarcoid like reaction; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CISPLATIN; INTERLEUKIN 2;

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LEUKEMIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOMA; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NEOPLASM; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SARCOID CANCER SYNDROME; SARCOIDOSIS; SEMINOMA; SKIN CANCER; SOLID TUMOR; TESTIS CANCER; TESTIS CARCINOMA; TRANSBRONCHIAL ASPIRATION; TUMOR REGRESSION; UNITED KINGDOM; INCIDENCE; NOMENCLATURE; SYNDROME;

HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEOPLASMS; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY; SYNDROME; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 53149128055     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: 15316971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCP.0b013e328305bf7d     Document Type: Review

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