Histologic Classification of Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer over Time: Reducing the Rates of Not-Otherwise-Specified
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Histologic classification of non-small-cell lung cancer over time: reducing the rates of not-otherwise-specified.
BACKGROUND The importance of histologic classification in selecting the appropriate systemic therapy for non-small-cell lung cancer (nsclc) came to attention in 2007. In British Columbia, that information was communicated through international and national meetings, our centralized cancer care program, and to the medical community at large in multidisciplinary forums. We examined the effects of...
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Oncology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1718-7729
DOI: 10.3747/co.22.2339