Practical approach to patients presenting with multiple synchronous suspect lung lesions: A reflection on the current TNM classification based on 54 cases with complete follow-up

Lung Cancer

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 169-175

  Vansteenkiste, Johan F ^a   De Belie, Bruno ^a   Deneffe, Georges J ^a   Demedts, Maurits G ^a   De Leyn, Paul R ^a   Van Raemdonck, Dirk E ^a   Lerut, Tony E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Neoplasms; Non small cell lung; Staging; Surgical resection; Survival analysis; Synchronous; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG INJURY; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034771658     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5002(01)00245-8     Document Type: Article

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