Immunohistochemical Detection of Occult Lymph Node Metastases in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Anatomical Pathology Results from Cancer and Leukemia Group B Trial 9761

Clinical Cancer Research

Volumn 9, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 5630-5635

  Vollmer, Robin T ^a   Herndon II, James E ^b   D'Cunha, Jonathan ^c   Abraham, Naif Z ^d   Solberg, Joette ^c   Fatourechi, Mitra ^c   Maruska, Ann ^c   Kern, Jeffrey A ^e   Green, Mark R ^f   Kratzke, Robert A ^c   Maddaus, Michael A ^c  

^a DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CYTOKERATIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING;

EID: 0345060454     PISSN: 10780432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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