Unsuspected residual disease at the resection margin after surgery for lung cancer: Fate of patients after long-term follow-up

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 229-232

  Lequaglie, C ^a   Conti, B ^a   Brega Massone, P P ^a   Giudice, G ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Incomplete resection; Lung cancer; Resection margin; Surgery; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; CANCER CENTER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LARGE CELL CARCINOMA; LOBECTOMY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; MUCOSA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL WOUND; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; BRONCHIAL NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, LARGE CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0037307788     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00750-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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