Analysis of factors influencing skip lymphatic metastasis in pN2 non-small cell lung cancer

Chinese Journal of Cancer Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 340-345

  Li, Gui Long ^a   Zhu, Yong ^a   Zheng, Wei ^a   Guo, Chao Hui ^a   Chen, Chun ^a  

^a FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; lymph node; skip metastasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; LOBECTOMY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM METASTASIS; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PLEURA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 84875452629     PISSN: 10009604     EISSN: 19930631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11670-012-0273-x     Document Type: Article

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