Surgery for limited stage small cell lung cancer: Time to fish or cut bait

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 147-149

  Shepherd, Frances A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN;

ADVANCED CANCER; BEHAVIOR; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISTANT METASTASIS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPH NODE; MICROMETASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77649092015     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e3181c8cbf5     Document Type: Editorial

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