Primary pleuropulmonary synovial sarcoma

Clinical Lung Cancer

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 257-261

  Mirzoyan, Michael ^a   Muslimani, Ala'a ^b   Setrakian, Sebouh ^a   Swedeh, Mohamed ^a   Daw, Hamed A ^b  

^a FAIRVIEW HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TAUSSIG CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokeratin; Gadopentetate dimeglumine; Pleural effusion; Primitive neuroectodermal tumor; Synovial sarcoma translocation gene

Indexed keywords

DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE; IFOSFAMIDE; MELPHALAN;

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG MEGADOSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG RESECTION; MONOTHERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEUROPULMONARY SYNOVIAL SARCOMA; PROGNOSIS; SHORT SURVEY; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 54249120329     PISSN: 15257304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3816/CLC.2008.n.040     Document Type: Review

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