Multifocal T4 non-small cell lung cancer: a subset with improved prognosis☆
Author(s) -
Delphine Trousse,
Xavier Benoît D’Journo,
J.-P. Avaro,
C. Doddoli,
R Giudicelli,
P FUENTES,
P. Thomas
Publication year - 2007
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.2007.09.032
Subject(s) - medicine , nodule (geology) , lung cancer , lymphadenectomy , stage (stratigraphy) , histology , cancer , retrospective cohort study , radiology , surgery , gastroenterology , paleontology , biology
T4-disease for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) includes different conditions: mediastinal invasion, neoplastic pleural cytology, and multifocal disease in the same lobe; regarding the last category, no strict criteria allow to differentiate satellite nodules from synchronous multiple primary tumours.
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