The role of computed tomographic scanning in diagnosing mediastinal node involvement in non-small cell lung cancer

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1135-1140

  Takamochi, Kazuya ^a,b   Nagai, Kanji ^a,b   Yoshida, Junji ^a,b   Suzuki, Kenji ^a,b   Ohde, Yasuhisa ^a,b   Nishimura, Mituyo ^a,b   Takahashi, Kenro ^a,b   Nishiwaki, Yutaka ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SIZE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0034094147     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2000.105830     Document Type: Article

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