Lack of any association between blood groups and lung cancer, independent of histology

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 453-456

  Oguz, Arzu ^a   Ünal, Dilek ^a   Taşdemir, Arzu ^a   Karahan, Samet ^a   Aykas, Fatma ^a   Mutlu, Hasan ^b   Cihan, Yasemin Benderli ^b   Kanbay, Mehmet ^c  

^a Kayseri State Hospital of Research and Education   (Turkey)

^b Acibadem Hospital   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL MEDENIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

ABO blood groups; Lung cancer; NSCLC; Rh factor; SCLC; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877119561     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.1.453     Document Type: Article

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