Prognostic value of CD4+ lymphocytes in pleural cavity of patients with non-small cell lung cancer

Thorax

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 639-642

  Takahashi, K ^a   Saito, S ^a   Kamamura, Y ^a   Katakawa, M ^a   Monden, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

CD4; Lung cancer; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURA; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034906458     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.56.8.639     Document Type: Article

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