Study of telomerase activity in pleural lavage fluid specimens in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer and its clinical significance

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 460-464

  Li, Weidong ^a   Ni, Yiming ^a   Tu, Zhengliang ^a   Wu, Shengjun ^a   Wu, Zhiyong ^a   Zheng, Shusen ^b  

^a School of Medicine   (China)

^b BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Pleural lavage fluid; Surgical resection; Telomerase activity

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG FLUID; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CLINICAL ENZYME TESTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PLEURAL CAVITY; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TELOMERASE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 68749088299     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.03.057     Document Type: Article

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