Sublobar resection: A movement from the Lung Cancer Study Group

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1583-1593

  Blasberg, Justin D ^a   Pass, Harvey I ^b,c   Donington, Jessica S ^b,c  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Lobectomy; Non small cell lung cancer; Segmentectomy; Sublobar resection; Surgery; Wedge resection

Indexed keywords

BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR VOLUME; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

EID: 77958190207     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e3181e77604     Document Type: Review

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