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Heart, Lung and Circulation
Breakfast Session| Volume 20, ISSUE 4, P268-269, April 2011

Bronchopulmonary Carcinoid Tumours: Long Term Outcomes Following Resection

  • Christopher Cao
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    Corresponding author.
    Affiliations
    The University of Sydney, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia

    The Baird Institute for Applied Heart and Lung Surgical Research, Sydney, Australia
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  • Tristan D. Yan
    Affiliations
    The University of Sydney, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia

    The Baird Institute for Applied Heart and Lung Surgical Research, Sydney, Australia
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  • Catherine Kennedy
    Affiliations
    The University of Sydney, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia

    The Baird Institute for Applied Heart and Lung Surgical Research, Sydney, Australia
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  • P. Nicholas Hendel
    Affiliations
    The University of Sydney, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia

    The Baird Institute for Applied Heart and Lung Surgical Research, Sydney, Australia
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  • Paul G. Bannon
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    The University of Sydney, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia

    The Baird Institute for Applied Heart and Lung Surgical Research, Sydney, Australia
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  • Brian C. McCaughan
    Affiliations
    The University of Sydney, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia

    The Baird Institute for Applied Heart and Lung Surgical Research, Sydney, Australia
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      Introduction: Bronchopulmonary carcinoid tumours are considered as a relatively uncommon and less malignant group of lung cancers. However, patients with histologically atypical disease are known to have a worse prognosis. The present study aims to evaluate the long term outcomes following resection of bronchopulmonary carcinoid tumours according to the new TNM staging system.
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