Peripheral squamous cell carcinoma of lung: patterns of growth with particular focus on airspace filling

Human Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 861-867

  Yousem, Samuel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alveolar filling; Lepidic growth; Squamous carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALVEOLAR AIRSPACE FILLING; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER SIZE; CARCINOMA CELL; CYTOARCHITECTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEPIDIC CANCER GROWTH PATTERN; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; PERIPHERAL LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PULMONARY ALVEOLI;

EID: 67349114228     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2008.11.008     Document Type: Article

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