Micrometastasis and skip metastasis as predictive factors in non-small-cell lung cancer staging

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1075-

  Baisi, Alessandro ^a   Raveglia, Federico ^a   De simone, Matilde ^a   Cioffi, Ugo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Micrometastasis; Non small cell lung cancer; Staging

Indexed keywords

CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CHEST TUBE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MICROMETASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODES; MALE;

EID: 84876868592     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezs596     Document Type: Letter

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