Clinicopathological analysis of pulmonary mucoepidermoid carcinoma
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Clinicopathological analysis of pulmonary mucoepidermoid carcinoma
BACKGROUND Mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) of the lung is a rare malignant neoplasm. We aimed to investigate clinicopathological features, therapies, and prognoses of eight MEC cases. METHODS Eight patients underwent surgical treatment for pulmonary MEC between 2005 and 2012 at the Thoracic Surgical Department of West China Hospital, Sichuan, China. The clinical data, radiological manifestatio...
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عنوان ژورنال: World Journal of Surgical Oncology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1477-7819
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-12-33