Subdivision of the T1 size descriptor for stage I non-small cell lung cancer has prognostic value: A single institution experience

Chest

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 710-715

  Ye, Chao ^a,b   Masterman, Justin R ^a   Huberman, Mark S ^a   Gangadharan, Sidhu P ^a   McDonald, Danielle C ^a   Kent, Michael S ^a   DeCamp, Malcolm M ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; LOBECTOMY; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SMOKING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 70049098148     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.09-0823     Document Type: Article

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