Lung carcinoma staging problems

Surgical Pathology Clinics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-69

  Cagle, Philip T ^a,b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Lung; Staging; TNM system; Tumor node metastasis

Indexed keywords

CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CARCINOMA; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 77954485497     PISSN: 18759181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.path.2010.03.008     Document Type: Review

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