Leukemoid reaction in lung cancer patients

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 255-256

  Shalom, Guy ^a   Sion Vardy, Netta ^a,b   Dudnik, Julia ^a   Ariad, Samuel ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Colony stimulating factors; Leukemoid reaction; Leukocytosis; Lung cancer; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; CISPLATIN; ERLOTINIB; NAVELBINE; STEROID; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADRENAL METASTASIS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LARGE CELL CARCINOMA; LEUKEMOID REACTION; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG HILUS; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; NIGHT SWEAT; PROGNOSIS; SKULL IRRADIATION; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR NECROSIS; TUMOR VOLUME; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ADJUVANT THERAPY; CARCINOMA, LARGE CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMPLICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FATALITY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARCINOMA, LARGE CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMOID REACTION; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT;

EID: 77951884609     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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