Role of cervical mediastinoscopy in staging of non-small cell lung cancer without enlarged mediastinal lymph nodes on CT scan

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 706-712

  De Leyn, P ^a   Vansteenkiste, J ^a   Cuypers, P ^a   Deneffe, G ^a   Van Raemdonck, D ^a   Coosemans, W ^a   Verschakelen, J ^a   Lerut, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Lung surgery; Mediastinoscopy; N2 disease; Non small cell lung; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHOGRAPHY; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDIASTINUM; NECK; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031440740     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(97)00253-4     Document Type: Article

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