Visceral pleural invasion classification in non-small cell lung cancer: A proposal on the basis of outcome assessment

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1574-1578

  Shimizu, Kimihiro ^a,b   Yoshida, Junji ^a   Nagai, Kanji ^a   Nishimura, Mitsuyo ^a   Yokose, Tomoyuki ^a   Ishii, Genichiro ^a   Nishiwaki, Yutaka ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; ADULT; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LARGE CELL CARCINOMA; LOBECTOMY; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 2642576761     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2003.11.017     Document Type: Article

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