Thoracoscopic staging of IIIB non-small cell lung cancer before neoadjuvant therapy

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1409-1411

  De Giacomo, Tiziano ^a   Rendina, Erino A ^a   Venuta, Federico ^a   Rocca, Giorgio Della ^a   Ricci, Costante ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER STAGING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 0030815326     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)00764-9     Document Type: Article

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