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Subtyping of pulmonary adenocarcinoma in cytologic specimens
Author(s) -
Moreira Andre L.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
cancer cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.29
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1934-6638
pISSN - 1934-662X
DOI - 10.1002/cncy.21313
Subject(s) - medicine , subtyping , adenocarcinoma , pulmonary adenocarcinoma , lung cancer , pathology , cancer , appropriateness criteria , lung , general surgery , oncology , radiology , computer science , programming language
The last World Health Organization classification recognized that pulmonary adenocarcinomas are heterogeneous and hinted at the possibility that different patterns of adenocarcinoma were associated with certain prognostic value. This concept was expanded and is now the basis for the new International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer/American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society classification.