Lung Cancer
Volume 69, Issue 2 , Pages 245-248 , August 2010

Solitary brain metastasis of an occult and stable small-cell lung cancer in a schizophrenic patient: A 3-year control

  • Emilia Jesien-Lewandowicz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical University of Lodz, Paderewskiego 4, 93-509 Lodz, Poland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +48 42 6895551; fax: +48 42 6895552.
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  • Michal Spych

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical University of Lodz, Paderewskiego 4, 93-509 Lodz, Poland
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  • Jacek Fijuth

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical University of Lodz, Paderewskiego 4, 93-509 Lodz, Poland
    • ,
  • Radzislaw Kordek

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Medical University of Lodz, Paderewskiego 4, 93-509 Lodz, Poland

Received 10 March 2010 ,Revised 29 April 2010 ,Accepted 2 May 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2010.05.002

Lung Cancer
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