Value of the metastatic lymph node ratio for predicting the prognosis of non-small-cell lung cancer patients

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 455-462

  Wang, Chang Li ^a   Li, Yue ^a   Yue, Dong Sheng ^a   Zhang, Lian Min ^a   Zhang, Zhen Fa ^a   Sun, Bing Sheng ^a  

^a TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PNEUMONECTOMY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84857449266     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-011-1360-8     Document Type: Article

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