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Clinico-pathological profile of lung cancer in Uttarakhand
Author(s) -
Jagdish Rawat,
Girish Sindhwani,
Dushyant Singh Gaur,
Ruchi Dua,
Sunil Saini
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.53229
Subject(s) - medicine , lung cancer , malignancy , adenocarcinoma , cancer , incidence (geometry) , pathological , gastroenterology , small cell carcinoma , disease , lung , retrospective cohort study , carcinoma , pathology , physics , optics
Lung cancer is one of the most aggressive and prevalent type of malignancy causing high morbidity and mortality. Tobacco smoking continues to be the leading cause of lung cancer worldwide. An increasing incidence of lung cancer has been observed in India.