What is early lung cancer? A review of the literature

Lung Cancer

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 267-277

  Pasic, Arifa ^a   Postmus, Pieter E ^a   Sutedja, Thomas G ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Central airways; Early stage lung cancer; Parenchyma

Indexed keywords

BRACHYTHERAPY; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUTERIZATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRYOTHERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; METASTASIS; NEODYMIUM LASER; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PATHOLOGY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 3843121088     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2004.01.024     Document Type: Review

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