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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · South Asian J Cancer 2019; 08(04): 257-260
DOI: 10.4103/sajc.sajc_153_17
Letter to the Editor

Primary signet-ring adenocarcinoma of the lung: A rare lung tumor

Varun Rajpal
Metro Centre for Respiratory Diseases, Metro Multispecialty Hospital, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
,
Rahul Kumar Sharma
Metro Centre for Respiratory Diseases, Metro Multispecialty Hospital, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
,
Charul Dabral
Metro Centre for Respiratory Diseases, Metro Multispecialty Hospital, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
,
Deepak Talwar
Metro Centre for Respiratory Diseases, Metro Multispecialty Hospital, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
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