Prognostic significance of pleural lavage cytology after resection for non-small cell lung cancer

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 330-334

  Kotoulas, Christophoros ^a,b   Lazopoulos, George ^a   Karaiskos, Theodoros ^a   Tomos, Pericles ^a   Konstantinou, Marios ^a   Papamichalis, George ^a   Politi, Dimitra ^a   Lioulias, Achilles ^a  

^a Chest Diseases Hospital Athens   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Malignant pleural effusion; Pleural lavage cytology; Surgical resection

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CANCER CELL; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG ASPIRATION; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA CAVITY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; THORACOTOMY; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURA; PNEUMONECTOMY; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034895505     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(01)00718-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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