Background and Objectives: Adrenal metastases from lung cancer usually indicate systemic disease and incurability. However, a small subset of patients with isolated adrenal metastases may achieve long-term survival with aggressive surgical resection of the adrenal gland. To clarify the role of adren
Skeletal muscle metastases from lung cancer
โ Scribed by Kasi S. Sridhar; Ramesh K. Rao; Bolivar Kunhardt
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 596 KB
- Volume
- 59
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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