Patterns of failure were evaluated for 343 patients with inoperable bronchogenic carcinoma confined to one hemithorax. Patients with both small cell and non-small cell carcinoma were treated with either chest irradiation or chest irradiation plus brain irradiation. The pattern of failure depended up
Patterns of failure in small cell carcinoma of the lung
โ Scribed by Linda Y. Chak; John R. Daniels; Branimir I. Sikic; Frank M. Torti; Pamela Lockbaum; Stephen K. Carter
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1982
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 591 KB
- Volume
- 50
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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