How many names for a rose: Inconsistent classification of multiple foci of lung cancer due to ambiguous rules

Lung Cancer

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 7-11

  Fonseca, Annabelle ^a   Detterbeck, Frank C ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Lung cancer; Multi foci; Non small cell lung cancer; Stage classification; TNM

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CARDIAC SURGEON; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MULTIPLE CANCER; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONOLOGIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; THORAX SURGERY; ADENOCARCINOMA; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; PATHOLOGY; SURGEON;

ADENOCARCINOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURGEONS;

EID: 84901607846     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: 18728332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2014.02.014     Document Type: Article

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