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Adenocarcinoma
Columbia University details research in adenocarcinoma
April 14th, 2009
"Current classification of pulmonary adenocarcinoma includes noninvasive bronchioloalveolar carcinoma, mixed subtype adenocarcinoma, and several patterns of invasive carcinoma. The extent of invasion in mixed subtype adenocarcinoma is variable, and prior studies suggest that estimates of extent of desmoplasia or invasion and gross tumor size are predictors of survival," researchers in the United States report. "Pathologic review of 178 consecutive primary lung adenocarcinoma resections froth 1997 to 2000 was performed blinded to outcome. Lymph node metastases were not present in adenocarcinomas with less then 0.6 cm of invasion. In multivariate analysis and in strata...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-04-14)
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