Usefulness of sentinel lymph node biopsy for the detection of lymph node micrometastasis in early lung cancer

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 913-915

  Sugi, Kazuro ^a   Kobayashi, Seiki ^a   Yagi, Ryuji ^a   Matsuoka, Takahisa ^a  

^a NATIONAL SANYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Early lung cancer; Lymph node metastasis; Micrometastasis; Sentinel lymph node

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN AE1; CYTOKERATIN AE3; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATINS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 53349174684     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2007.174052     Document Type: Article

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