Angiosarcoma of the lung: 2 cases report and literature reviewed

Lung Cancer

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 352-356

  Chen, Yan bin ^a   Guo, Ling chuan ^a   Yang, Ling ^a   Feng, Wei ^a   Zhang, Xiu qin ^a   Ling, Chun hua ^a   Ji, Cheng ^a   Huang, Jian an ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Angiosarcoma; Histopathology; Lung cancer

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; DOCETAXEL; SORAFENIB;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOSARCOMA; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FATALITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER HEMANGIOSARCOMA; LIVER SARCOMA; LUNG ANGIOSARCOMA; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG SARCOMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE ANGIOSARCOMA; SPINE CANCER; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD31; ANTIGENS, CD34; BIOPSY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COUGH; DRUG THERAPY; DYSPNEA; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC;

EID: 78049396357     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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