Comparison of computed tomography and systematic lymph node dissection in determining TNM and stage in non-small cell lung cancer

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 403-408

  Sioris, Thanos ^a,b   Järvenpää, Ritva ^a   Kuukasjärvi, Pekka ^a   Helin, Heikki ^a   Saarelainen, Seppo ^a   Tarkka, Matti ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Non small cell lung cancer; Operability; Skip metastasis; Staging; Systematic lymph node dissection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0346666761     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1010-7940(02)00806-0     Document Type: Article

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