Current concepts in the diagnosis and management of small-cell lung cancer

ONCOLOGY

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Ganti, Apar Kishor ^a,b   West, William W ^c   Lackner, Rudy P ^c   Kessinger, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA NEBRASKA WESTERN IOWA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; PLEURA EFFUSION; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT CANCER; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 78649684425     PISSN: 08909091     EISSN: 08909091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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