Open AccessDoes the extent of lymph node dissection influence outcome in patients with stage I non-small-cell lung cancer?
Author(s) -
Christophe Doddoli,
Adrian Aragon,
Fabrice Barlési,
Bruno Chetaille,
S. Robitail,
R Giudicelli,
P. Fuentès,
Philippe Thomas
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303
H-Index - 133
eISSN - 1873-734X
pISSN - 1010-7940
DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2004.12.035
Subject(s) - lymph node , lymph , medicine , lymphadenectomy , dissection (medical) , stage (stratigraphy) , mediastinal lymph node , lung cancer , hazard ratio , confidence interval , surgery , cancer , radiology , pathology , metastasis , biology , paleontology
To assess the therapeutic effect of the extent of lymph node dissection performed in patients with a stage pI non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC).