Alveolar space filling ratio as a favorable prognostic factor in small peripheral squamous cell carcinoma of the lung

Lung Cancer

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 217-221

  Watanabe, Yukihiro ^a   Yokose, Tomoyuki ^a   Sakuma, Yuji ^a   Hasegawa, Chikako ^a   Saito, Haruhiro ^a   Yamada, Kozo ^a   Ito, Hiroyuki ^a   Tsuboi, Masahiro ^a   Nakayama, Haruhiko ^a   Kameda, Yoichi ^a  

^a KANAGAWA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alveolar space filling ratio; Lung; Microinvasive carcinoma; Peripheral type; Prognostic factor; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS SPACE FILLING RATIO; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79960050099     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: 18728332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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