The influence of enhanced postoperative inflammation by the intrapleural administration of streptococcal preparation (OK-432) on the prognosis of completely resected non-small-cell lung cancer

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 51-54

  Uehara, Tadashi ^a   Yano, Tokujiro ^a   Kuninaka, Shinji ^a   Yoshino, Ichiro ^a   Asoh, Hiroshi ^a   Ichinose, Yukito ^a  

^a NATIONAL KYUSHU CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Non small cell lung cancer; OK 432; Postoperative inflammation

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PICIBANIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; THORAX DRAINAGE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INJECTIONS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PICIBANIL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033798743     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-9098(200009)75:1<51::AID-JSO9>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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