Diameter of non-small cell lung cancer correlates with long-term survival: Implications for T stage

Chest

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 3255-3260

  Mery, Carlos M ^a   Pappas, Anastasia N ^a   Burt, Bryan M ^a   Bueno, Raphael ^a   Linden, Philip A ^a   Sugarbaker, David J ^a   Jaklitsch, Michael T ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diameter; Lung cancer; Lung carcinoma; Non small cell lung cancer; Size; Staging; T stage; TNM

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LOBECTOMY; LUNG NODULE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 28144439466     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.128.5.3255     Document Type: Article

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