Recommended changes for T and N descriptors proposed by the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer - Lung Cancer Staging Project: a validation study from a single-centre experience

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1037-1044

  Ruffini, Enrico ^a   Filosso, Pier Luigi ^a   Bruna, Maria Cristina ^a   Coni, Francesco ^a   Cristofori, Riccardo Carlo ^a   Mossetti, Claudio ^a   Solidoro, Paolo ^a   Oliaro, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

IASLC; Intrapulmonary metastasis; Nodal metastasis; Non small cell lung cancer; TNM staging system; Tumour size

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SURVIVAL; TUMOR VOLUME; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PNEUMONECTOMY; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 70449529655     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.05.051     Document Type: Article

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