Prognostic significance of the number of metastatic lymph nodes in surgically resected non-small cell lung cancer

Japanese Journal of Lung Cancer

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 421-427

  Nakata, Masao ^a   Saeki, Hideyuki ^a   Kurita, Akira ^a   Takashima, Shigemitsu ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION SHIKOKU CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Multivariate analysis; Non small cell lung cancer; Number of the metastatic lymph nodes; Prognostic factor; TNM classification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0032833221     PISSN: 03869628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2482/haigan.39.421     Document Type: Article

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