Lung Cancer
Volume 67, Issue 3 , Pages 251-256 , March 2010

Lung cancer in the pregnant woman: To treat or not to treat, that is the question

  • Hatem A. Azim Jr.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, 55 Abdel Monem Riad Street, Mohandeseen, Cairo, Egypt
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +20 2 33026814; fax: +20 2 3028656.
    • ,
  • Fedro A. Peccatori

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Oncology/Hematology, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy
    • ,
  • Nicholas Pavlidis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece

Received 2 September 2009 ,Revised 1 October 2009 ,Accepted 3 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2009.10.006

Lung Cancer
Volume 67, Issue 3 , Pages 251-256 , March 2010

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