Studies on cases of spontaneous regression of cancer in Japan in 2011, and of hepatic carcinoma, lung cancer and pulmonary metastases in the world between 2006 and 2011

Japanese Journal of Cancer and Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1475-1487

  Iwanaga, Takeshi ^a  

^a Osaka Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases Prevention   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatic carcinoma; Lung cancer; Spontaneous regression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER REGRESSION; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; LUNG CANCER; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SECONDARY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TUMOR REGRESSION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM REGRESSION, SPONTANEOUS; PATHOLOGY; SECONDARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893208379     PISSN: 03850684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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