A 20-year retrospective study of small-cell carcinomas in Taiwan

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 497-502

  Li, Anna Fen Yau ^a   Hsu, Han Shui ^a,b   Hsu, Chih Yi ^a   Li, Alice Chia Heng ^c   Li, Win Yin ^a   Liang, Wen Yih ^a   Chen, Jeou Yuan ^d  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Extra pulmonary small cell carcinoma; Small cell lung carcinoma; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN CARCINOMA; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; SMALL INTESTINE CARCINOMA; STOMACH CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957340851     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.21629     Document Type: Article

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