Prognostic classifications of lymph node involvement in lung cancer and current international association for the study of lung cancer descriptive classification in zones

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 260-264

  Riquet, Marc ^a   Arame, Alex ^a   Foucault, Christophe ^a   Barthes, Franc̈oise le Pimpec ^a  

^a HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Lymphatic drainage; N1; N2; Staging; Surgery; TNM

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; AORTA ARCH; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOID; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; NEOPLASMS SUBDIVIDED BY ANATOMICAL SITE; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL TIME;

HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PNEUMONECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957347496     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2010.236349     Document Type: Article

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