Results of pneumonectomy for non-small cell lung cancer: Appropriateness of the new TNM staging system

Oncology Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 437-440

  Mizushima, Yutaka ^a   Noto, Hirofumi ^a   Kusajima, Yoshinori ^b   Sugiyama, Shigeki ^c   Yamashita, Ryouhei ^d   Sassa, Kazuhiko ^a   Kobayashi, Masashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b TOYAMA PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Department of Thoracic Surgery   (Japan)

^d TONAMI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; New TNM staging system; Pneumonectomy; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031935327     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.5.2.437     Document Type: Article

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