Problems in diagnosis and surgical management of clinical N1 non-small cell lung cancer

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1682-1685

  Watanabe, Shun Ichi ^a   Asamura, Hisao ^a   Suzuki, Kenji ^a   Tsuchiya, Ryosuke ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INFILTRATION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; PATHOLOGY; PLEURA METASTASIS; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR CELL;

EID: 18144413057     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.11.025     Document Type: Article

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