Clinical and Experimental Pathology of Lung Cancer -

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Sommaire:
Histopathologic typing of lung cancer Etiologic and epidemiologic features.- Squamous cell carcinoma and undifferentiated large cell carcinoma of lung: similarities and differences.- Adenocarcinoma: clinical significance of subtyping and other morphologic factors.- Pathology of small cell carcinoma of the lung:changing concepts.- Small cell carcinomas versus (atypical) carcinoids.- Intra- and interobserver problems in the histopathologic classification of malignant lung tumors.- Differential diagnosis of metastatic lesions in the lung.- Cytology and lung cancer.- Immunocytochemical assessment of lung tumors.- Critical evaluation of new techniques in the morphological diagnosis of lung cancer.- Flow cytometric DNA analysis in the study of small cell carcinoma of the lung.- Clinical applications of the biologic properties of small cell lung cancer.- Peptide hormones in lung cancer.- Mechanisms of oncogenesis.- Adhesion mechanisms in liver metastasis.- Application of monoclonal antibodies in imaging and therapy.- Current concepts in the therapy of small cell lung cancer.- Index of subjects.