An update on lung cancer staging

Advances in Anatomic Pathology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-37

  Jones, Kirk D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Lung cancer; Metastasis classification; Node; Pleural invasion; Staging system; Tumor; Tumor size

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; BRONCHUS CARCINOID; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METASTASIS; PLEURA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR VOLUME;

HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PLEURA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 75449107031     PISSN: 10724109     EISSN: 15334031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAP.0b013e3181c66f15     Document Type: Review

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