The stiffness of lymph nodes containing lung carcinoma metastases: A new diagnostic parameter measured by a tactile sensor

Cancer

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1920-1925

  Miyaji, Kagami ^a   Furuse, Akira ^a   Nakajima, Jun ^a   Kohno, Tadasu ^a   Ohtsuka, Toshiya ^a   Yagyu, Kuniyoshi ^a   Oka, Teruaki ^a   Omata, Sadao ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lymph node metastasis; Nonsmall cell lung carcinoma; Stiffness; Tactile sensor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RIGIDITY; SENSOR;

AGED; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOUCH;

EID: 0030716235     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19971115)80:10<1920::AID-CNCR8>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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