Open AccessQuality study of a lung cancer committee: study of agreement between preoperative and pathological staging
Author(s) -
Iván Macı́a,
Juan Moya,
Ignacio Escobar,
Ricard Ramos,
Cristina MasuetAumatell,
Cristina Gámez,
Roger Llatjós,
Ignacio MartínezBallarín
Publication year - 2009
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.2009.07.026
Subject(s) - mediastinoscopy , medicine , pathological staging , pathological , stage (stratigraphy) , concordance , lung cancer , lung cancer staging , radiology , kappa , positron emission tomography , preoperative care , cohen's kappa , surgery , paleontology , linguistics , philosophy , machine learning , biology , computer science
Accurate preoperative staging is essential to provide the best treatment for lung cancer. The objective of the present study was to determine agreement between preoperative and surgical-pathological staging and to analyse the impact of any disparity on treatment.
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