Long-term survivors with pN2 non-small cell lung cancer after a complete resection with a systematic mediastinal node dissection

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 152-155

  Yano, Tokujiro ^a   Fukuyama, Yasuro ^a   Yokoyama, Hideki ^a   Kuninaka, Shinji ^a   Terazaki, Yasuhiro ^a   Uehara, Tadashi ^a   Asoh, Hiroshi ^a   Ichinose, Yukito ^a  

^a NATIONAL KYUSHU CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

cNO pN2 disease; Long term survivors; Non small cell lung cancer; pN2 disease; Systematic mediastinal node dissection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; NEOPLASM STAGING; PNEUMONECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031707091     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(98)00162-6     Document Type: Article

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