Number of lymph nodes and metastatic lymph node ratio are associated with survival in lung cancer

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1614-1620

  Nwogu, Chukwumere E ^a,b   Groman, Adrienne ^a,b   Fahey, Daniel ^a,b   Yendamuri, Sai ^a,b   Dexter, Elisabeth ^a,b   Demmy, Todd L ^a,b   Miller, Austin ^a,b   Reid, Mary ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84860234442     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.01.065     Document Type: Article

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