Primary lung cancer vs metastatic breast cancer: A probabilistic approach

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 391-395

  Vollmer, Robin T ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MAMMAGLOBIN; PROTEIN P63; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARGE CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; BAYES THEOREM; BREAST TUMOR; LUNG TUMOR; METASTASIS; PATHOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BAYES THEOREM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 69849085931     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCPDIP12IUGVRQR     Document Type: Article

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