Mediastinal lymph node dissection improves survival in patients with stages II and IIIa non-small cell lung cancer

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 358-365

  Keller, Steven M ^a,b,c,d,e   Adak, Sudeshna ^a,b,c,d,e   Wagner, Henry ^a,b,c,d,e   Johnson, David H ^a,b,c,d,e   Comis, Robert L ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CARE Clinical Coordinating Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0033836428     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01673-8     Document Type: Article

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