How should the TNM staging system for lung cancer be revised? A simulation based on the Japanese Lung Cancer Registry populations

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 316-319

  Asamura, Hisao ^a   Goya, Tomoyuki ^b   Koshiishi, Yoshihiko ^b   Sohara, Yasunori ^c   Tsuchiya, Ryosuke ^a   Miyaoka, Etsuo ^d  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33746189615     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.03.048     Document Type: Article

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