Synchronous primary lung cancer and epidermal growth factor receptor mutation

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Ma, Edmond S K ^a   Cheng, Paul N M ^a   Wong, Chris L P ^a   Yim, Anthony P C ^b  

^a HONG KONG SANATORIUM AND HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b Union Hospital   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; TUMOR MARKER;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR VOLUME; GENETICS; LUNG TUMOR; MUTATION; NON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER; PROTO ONCOGENE;

AGED; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; GENES, ERBB-1; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MUTATION;

EID: 77956159364     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.06.042     Document Type: Article

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