Inter-observer variability in systematic nodal dissection: Comparison of European and Japanese nodal designation

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 245-248

  Watanabe, Shun Ichi ^a,b   Ladas, George ^a   Goldstraw, Peter ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EUROPE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LANGUAGE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SURGICAL TRAINING; THORACOTOMY; UNITED KINGDOM;

CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; EUROPE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; OBSERVER VARIATION;

EID: 0036145854     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(01)03177-0     Document Type: Article

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