Retrospective analysis of nodal spread patterns according to tumor location in pathological N2 non-small cell lung cancer

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2865-2871

  Shimada, Yoshihisa ^a   Saji, Hisashi ^a   Kakihana, Masatoshi ^a   Honda, Hidetoshi ^a   Usuda, Jitsuo ^a   Kajiwara, Naohiro ^a   Ohira, Tatsuo ^a   Ikeda, Norihiko ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; NEOPLASM STAGING; PNEUMONECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84877119450     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-012-1743-5     Document Type: Article

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