Treatment of advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the lung: A review

Translational Lung Cancer Research

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 524-532

  Derman, Benjamin A ^a   Mileham, Kathryn F ^b   Bonomi, Philip D ^a   Batus, Marta ^a   Fidler, Mary J ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LEVINE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis inhibitors; Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR); Immunotherapy; Non small cell lung carcinoma; Squamous cell carcinoma of the lung

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960131663     PISSN: 22186751     EISSN: 22264477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2218-6751.2015.06.07     Document Type: Review

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