Low-grade malignant tumors of the lung: Is lymph node dissection necessary?

Oncology Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 841-843

  Kamiyoshihara, Mitsuhiro ^a,c   Hirai, Toshikazu ^a   Kawashtma, Osamu ^a   Ishikawa, Susumu ^b   Morishita, Yasuo ^b   Maeshima, Akiko ^b  

^a Shibukawa Medical Center   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Nakazatomura Natl Hlth Ins Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Low grade malignant tumor of the lung; Lymph node dissection; Preoperative diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA; ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS CARCINOID; CANCER GRADING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG RESECTION; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 0031840610     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.5.4.841     Document Type: Article

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