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Chest

Known as: thoracics, thoracic region, area thoracic 
The anterior side of the thorax from the neck to the abdomen. The shape of the chest is often regarded as potential insight into a disease process… 
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Review
2013
Review
2013
An official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society statement: Update of the international multidisciplinary classification of the idiopathic interstitial pneumonias.
BACKGROUND In 2002 the American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society (ATS/ERS) classification of idiopathic interstitial… 
Review
2011
Review
2011
International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer/American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society International Multidisciplinary Classification of Lung Adenocarcinoma
Introduction: Adenocarcinoma is the most common histologic type of lung cancer. To address advances in oncology, molecular… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Identification and importance of brown adipose tissue in adult humans.
BACKGROUND Obesity results from an imbalance between energy intake and expenditure. In rodents and newborn humans, brown adipose… 
Review
2007
Review
2007
Diagnosis and Treatment of Low Back Pain: A Joint Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians and the American Pain Society
Low back pain is the fifth most common reason for all physician visits in the United States (1, 2). Approximately one quarter of… 
Review
2006
Review
2006
Persistent postsurgical pain: risk factors and prevention
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
A major outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Hong Kong.
BACKGROUND There has been an outbreak of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) worldwide. We report the clinical… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Manual for Staging of Cancer
Part 1 General information on cancer staging and end-results reporting: purposes and principles of staging reporting of cancer… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Combined chemotherapy and radiotherapy compared with radiotherapy alone in patients with cancer of the esophagus.
BACKGROUND The efficacy of conventional treatment with surgery and radiation for cancer of the esophagus is limited. The median… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
The NMR phased array
We describe methods for simultaneously acquiring and subsequently combining data from a multitude of closely positioned NMR… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Lymphokine-activated killer cell phenomenon. Lysis of natural killer- resistant fresh solid tumor cells by interleukin 2-activated autologous human peripheral blood lymphocytes
Activation in lectin-free interleukin 2 (IL-2) containing supernatants of peripheral blood mononuclear leukocytes (PBL) from… 
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