Do tumours located in the left lower lobe have worse outcomes in lymph node-positive non-small cell lung cancer than tumours in other lobes?

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 414-419

  Kudo, Yujin ^a   Saji, Hisashi ^a   Shimada, Yoshihisa ^a   Nomura, Masaharu ^a   Usuda, Jitsuo ^a   Kajiwara, Naohiro ^a   Ohira, Tatsuo ^a   Ikeda, Norihiko ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Lymph node metastasis; Prognostic factor; Tumour location

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG LOBE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; LUNG; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PNEUMONECTOMY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872679710     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezs065     Document Type: Article

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