Ann Thorac Surg 2007;84:981
© 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Original Articles: General Thoracic
Invited commentary
Mark K. Ferguson, MD
Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, 5841 S Maryland Ave, MC5035, Chicago, IL 60637
(Email: mferguso@surgery.bsd.uchicago.edu).
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Notification from the surgical pathologist that a primary lung tumor contains spindle cells is normally met with disinterest on the part of the surgeon. This report will hopefully change that reaction. As Martin and colleagues [1] from MD Anderson Cancer Center explain, sarcomatoid lung cancers are a subset of nonsmall cell lung cancers containing more than 10% sarcomatoid elements . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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