Chest wall invasive non-small cell lung cancer: Patterns of failure and implications for a revised staging system

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 261-269

  Harpole Jr , David H ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest wall resection; Non small cell lung cancer; Pancoast tumors; Superior sulcus tumors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; THORAX; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; THORAX; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0030141186     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02306281     Document Type: Article

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