Lung Cancer
Volume 67, Issue 3 , Pages 296-300 , March 2010

Tumor size matters differently in pulmonary adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma

  • Pei-Ying Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yeun-Chung Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Hsuan-Yu Chen

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Statistical Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chen-Hao Chen

      Affiliations

    • College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Hung-Chang Tsui

      Affiliations

    • College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Pan-Chyr Yang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, #7, Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei 100, Taiwan. Tel.: +886 2 2356 2905; fax: +886 2 2358 2867.

Received 30 January 2009 ,Revised 11 March 2009 ,Accepted 27 April 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2009.04.017

Lung Cancer
Volume 67, Issue 3 , Pages 296-300 , March 2010

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