CURRENT CONCEPTS IN CANCER - SMALL-CELL LUNG-CANCER
CURRENT CONCEPTS IN CANCER - SMALL-CELL LUNG-CANCER
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DOI：
10.1056/nejm197908163010704
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发表时间：
1979-01-01
影响因子：
158.5
通讯作者：
OLDHAM, RK
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作者：
GRECO, FA;OLDHAM, RK
SMALL-CELL lung cancer accounts for 20 to 25 per cent of all lung cancers and was diagnosed in more than 20,000 patients in the United States in 1978. This neoplasm differs substantially from other major histologic types of lung cancer, and treatment has recently been improved. Thus, a brief review of the clinical and therapeutic aspects is timely.Causation and Cellular OriginThe development of small-cell and squamous-cell lung cancers is irrefutably related to cigarette smoke.1In nonsmokers, small-cell lung cancer is extremely rare,2except in the following groups: those exposed to whole-body irradiation,3uranium miners4and workers exposed to . . .
