Non-small cell lung cancer staging: Proposed revisions to the TNM system

Cancer Imaging

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 181-185

  Schneider, Bryan J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lung cancer staging project; Neoplasm staging; Non small cell lung cancer; Staging revisions

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADRENAL METASTASIS; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LUNG NODULE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SURGERY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MEDIASTINUM METASTASIS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PLEURA METASTASIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 53749094819     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14707330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1102/1470-7330.2008.0029     Document Type: Review

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