Clear cell tumor of the lung: A retrospective analysis

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 347, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 50-53

  Chen, Yan Bin ^a   Guo, Ling Chuan ^a,b   Huang, Jian An ^a   Ji, Cheng ^a   Ling, Chun Hua ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Departments of Pathology   (United States)

Author keywords

Clear cell tumor; Lung; Neoplasm; Retrospective study; Sugar tumor

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CHILD; CHINA; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG NODULE; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SPUTUM; THORACOTOMY; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR VOLUME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADENOCARCINOMA, CLEAR CELL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHEST PAIN; CHILD; CHINA; COUGH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACOTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891834730     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: 15382990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e318295c821     Document Type: Article

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