Tumor dimension and prognosis in surgically treated lung cancer: For intentional limited resection

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 499-503

  Nonaka, Makoto ^a   Kadokura, Mitsutaka ^a   Yamamoto, Shigeru ^a   Kataoka, Daisuke ^a   Kunimura, Toshiaki ^a   Kushima, Miki ^a   Horichi, Naoya ^a   Takaba, Toshihiro ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Early staged cancer; Lung cancer; Lymph node metastasis; Small size cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PNEUMONECTOMY; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0141960955     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.coc.0000037739.92442.52     Document Type: Article

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