Adenosquamous carcinoma of the lung: surgical results as compared with squamous cell and adenocarcinoma cases
Author(s) -
Hajime Maeda,
Akira Matsumura,
Takafumi Kawabata,
Tetsushi Suito,
Osamu Kawashima,
Takeshi Watanabe,
Kan Okabayashi,
I. Kubota
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303
H-Index - 133
eISSN - 1873-734X
pISSN - 1010-7940
DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2011.05.050
Subject(s) - adenosquamous carcinoma , medicine , adenocarcinoma , stage (stratigraphy) , lung cancer , carcinoma , cancer , survival rate , squamous carcinoma , gastroenterology , oncology , paleontology , biology
An adenosquamous carcinoma (ASC) of the lung is a relatively rare tumor. In this multi-institutional cohort study, we tested the hypothesis that an ASC exhibits more aggressive clinical behavior as compared to adenocarcinoma (AC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SC).
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