Non-small cell lung carcinoma of the superior sulcus: The evolution of treatment outcomes with multimodality treatment at a single institution

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 495-499

  Tagawa, Tetsuzo ^a   Osoegawa, Atsushi ^a   Yamazaki, Koji ^a   Okamoto, Tatsuro ^a   Kometani, Takuro ^a   Wataya, Hiroshi ^a   Seto, Takashi ^a   Fukuyama, Seiichi ^a   Hirai, Fumihiko ^a   Sugio, Kenji ^a   Ichinose, Yukito ^a  

^a NATIONAL KYUSHU CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Lung cancer surgery; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; MITOMYCIN C; UFT; VINDESINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG FATALITY; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SUPERIOR SULCUS NON SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL TIME; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950838812     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.21507     Document Type: Article

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