Frequency and prognostic significance of preoperatively detected enlarged regional lymph nodes in patients with pathological stage I non-small cell lung cancer following resection

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1103-1106

  Hoang, Jenny K ^a   Patz Jr , Edward ^a   Giroux, Dorothy ^b   Goldstraw, Peter ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Lymph nodes pathology; Lymphangiogenesis; Lymphatic metastasis; Neoplasm staging; Non small cell lung cancer; Prognosis; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARGE CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIXED TUMOR; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37349049594     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e31815c04b4     Document Type: Article

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