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Critical Evaluation of New Techniques in the Morphological Diagnosis of Lung Cancer

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Clinical and Experimental Pathology of Lung Cancer

Part of the book series: Developments in Oncology ((DION,volume 39))

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The group of lungancers constitutes the most important cause of cancer-death in men and its incidence rapidly increases in women (1). According to the WHO classification (2) the main types are Squamous Cell Cancer (SCC), Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC), Adenocarcinoma (AC) and Large Cell Anaplastic Cancer (LCC), together embracing about 95% of all lungtumors. This classification is based on light-microscopic criteria.

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  1. Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    J. G. McVie

  2. Department of Pneumology, University Hospital Leiden, The Netherlands

    W. Bakker

  3. Department of Pathological Anatomy, Sint Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands

    Sj. Sc. Wagenaar

  4. Mater Miserecordia Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

    D. Carney

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Elema, J.D., De Leij, L., Postmus, P., Poppema, S., The, T.H. (1986). Critical Evaluation of New Techniques in the Morphological Diagnosis of Lung Cancer. In: McVie, J.G., Bakker, W., Wagenaar, S.S., Carney, D. (eds) Clinical and Experimental Pathology of Lung Cancer. Developments in Oncology, vol 39. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5036-8_10

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