Spontaneous regression of an untreated lung cancer

Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 173-175

  Agarwal, Pawan ^a   Kapoor, Anil Kumar ^b   Khan, Arif ^c   Agarwal, Vivek ^a  

^a Sheel Hospital   (India)

^b Swastik Hospital ^*  (India)

^c Swastik Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Cancer cure; Regression cancer; Spontaneous regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873412026     PISSN: 09709134     EISSN: 09737723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12055-010-0027-7     Document Type: Article

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