Visceral pleural invasion in lung cancer: Recognizing histologic parameters that impact staging and prognosis

Advances in Anatomic Pathology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-6

  Butnor, Kelly J ^a,b   Cooper, Kumarasen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Non small cell lung carcinoma; Staging; Visceral pleura

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; ATELECTASIS; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; ELASTIC TISSUE; ELASTICITY; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LARGE CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PLEURA; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; ELASTIC TISSUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISCERA;

EID: 18144369992     PISSN: 10724109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pap.0000151266.26814.02     Document Type: Review

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