The morphological diversity of small lung adenocarcinoma with mixed subtypes is associated with local invasiveness and prognosis

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 763-768

  Haruki, Tomohiro ^a,b   Shomori, Kohei ^a   Shiomi, Tatsushi ^a   Taniguchi, Yuji ^b   Nakamura, Hiroshige ^b   Ito, Hisao ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lung adenocarcinoma; Micropapillary subtype; Morphological diversity; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PATIENT; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79954621211     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.07.047     Document Type: Article

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