Lung cancer staging essentials: The new TNM staging system and potential imaging pitfalls

Radiographics

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1163-1181

  Uybico, Stacy J ^a   Wu, Carol C ^b   Suh, Robert D ^a   Le, Nanette H ^a   Brown, Kathleen ^a   Krishnam, Mayil S ^a  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING;

EID: 77957748702     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.305095166     Document Type: Article

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