A significant positive association between antigens HLA Awl9 andlor HLA B5 and a disease-free survival time of one year for patients with lung cancer has been reported but not confirmed. We have HLAtyped 20 white patients with non-oat-cell bronchogenic carcinoma who have survived at least a year fro
Lung cancer in nonsmoking women. Histology and survival patterns
โ Scribed by Ross C. Brownson; Timothy S. Loy; Ellis Ingram; Jeffrey L. Myers; Dr. P.H. Michael C. R. Alavanja; Donald J. Sharp; Jian C. Chang
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 424 KB
- Volume
- 75
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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