May sarcoidal reaction and malignant features coexist in regional lymph nodes of non-small cell lung cancer patients?

Lung Cancer

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 272-273

  Trisolini, Rocco ^a   Cancellieri, Alessandra ^a   Patelli, Marco ^a  

^a MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Granuloma; Non small cell lung cancer; Sarcoidosis; Transbronchial needle aspiration

Indexed keywords

CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; TRANSBRONCHIAL ASPIRATION;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODES; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 70350346623     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2009.08.005     Document Type: Letter

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