Complete thoracic mediastinal lymphadenectomy leads to a higher rate of pathologically proven N2 disease in patients with non-small cell lung cancer

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 902-906

  Cerfolio, Robert J ^a   Bryant, Ayesha S ^a   Minnich, Douglas J ^a  

^a Kentucky   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; PATHOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX SURGERY;

CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDIASTINUM; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865249542     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.05.034     Document Type: Article

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