Lung cancer staging: The value of ipsilateral scalene lymph node biopsy performed at mediastinoscopy

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 338-341

  Lee, Jeffrey D ^a,b   Ginsberg, Robert J ^a,b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030218939     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(96)00205-6     Document Type: Article

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