Validity of international association for the study of lung cancer proposals for the revision of N descriptors in lung cancer

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1421-1426

  Lee, Jin Gu ^a   Lee, Chang Young ^a   Bae, Mi Kyung ^a   Park, In Kyu ^a   Kim, Dae Joon ^a   Kim, Kil Dong ^b   Chung, Kyung Young ^a,c  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Eulji University   (South Korea)

^c CPO Box 8044 ^*  (South Korea)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Lymph nodes; Outcome; Zone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; VALIDITY; ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; CLASSIFICATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LARGE CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, LARGE CELL; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 61449285366     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e31818e0dbd     Document Type: Article

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