Prognostic significance of pleural lavage cytology after thoracotomy and before closure of the chest in lung cancer

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 102-106

  Taniguchi, Yuji ^a   Nakamura, Hiroshige ^a   Miwa, Ken ^a   Adachi, Yoshin ^a   Fujioka, Shinji ^a   Haruki, Tomohiro ^a   Horie, Yasushi ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Pleural lavage cytology; Prognostic factor

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; THORACOTOMY;

AGED; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PLEURAL CAVITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORACOTOMY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67650138587     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2009.206045     Document Type: Article

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