The changing anatomic position of squamous cell carcinoma of the lung - a new conundrum

• Main Authors: William Krimsky (Author), Nargiz Muganlinskaya (Author), Saiyad Sarkar (Author), Manasa Vulchi (Author), Pujan Patel (Author), Suman Rao (Author), Joel Hammer (Author), Ruth Evans (Author), Muhammad Qureshi (Author), Daniel Harley (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Greater Baltimore Medical Center, 2016-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Traditionally, squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the lung is a central rather than a peripheral form of lung cancer. Rates of SCC in the lung periphery are typically sited in the 15-30% range. Recently, we observed that a significant portion of newly diagnosed SCC was located on a periphe...