Clinicopathology of stromal invasion in lung adenocarcinoma

Pathology International

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-6

  Fujita, Atsushi ^a,b   Kameda, Yoichi ^b   Goya, Tomoyuki ^a  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Kanagawa Cancer Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Invasive cancer; Lung adenocarcinoma; Stromal invasion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR GROWTH;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 57649245297     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: 14401827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2008.02318.x     Document Type: Article

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