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Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma: the case for two diseases.
Clinical lung cancer - 1 Jan 2008
Garfield David H, Cadranel Jacques, West Howard L
Abstract excerpt
By current criteria, bronchioloalveolar carcinoma (BAC) is a subtype of pulmonary adenocarcinoma, developing from terminal bronchiolar and acinar epithelia and progressing in a lepidic and/or aerogenous manner on intact alveolar walls but without stromal, vascular, or pleural invasion. Evidence suggests that the 2 main cytologic types of BAC, ie, nonmucinous and mucinous, have some differing characteristics. The...
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