Open AccessPrognostic value of intraoperative pleural lavage cytology for lung cancer without carcinomatous pleuritis: importance in patients with early stage disease during long-term follow-up☆
Author(s) -
Masahiko Higashiyama,
Kazuyuki Oda,
Jiro Okami,
Jun Maeda,
Ken Kodama,
Akemi Takenaka,
Tomio Nakayama,
Genichiro Yoneda
Publication year - 2008
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.2008.10.013
Subject(s) - medicine , lung cancer , stage (stratigraphy) , adenocarcinoma , cancer , thoracotomy , carcinoma , lung , lymph node , hazard ratio , gastroenterology , oncology , surgery , confidence interval , paleontology , biology
The clinical significance of intraoperative pleural lavage cytology (PLC) for lung cancer has been insufficiently elucidated. We therefore reviewed the surgical results of lung cancer patients without carcinomatous pleuritis followed up over the long term to elucidate PLC implications.
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