Open AccessPrognostic Significance of Proliferative Activity in pN2 Non–Small-Cell Lung Carcinomas and Their Mediastinal Lymph Node Metastases
Author(s) -
Tatsuo Fukuse,
Toshiki Hirata,
Hironobu Naiki,
Shigeki Hitomï,
Hiromi Wada
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-200007000-00016
Subject(s) - medicine , proliferating cell nuclear antigen , primary tumor , lymph node , stage (stratigraphy) , carcinoma , oncology , pathology , metastasis , survival rate , lymph , immunohistochemistry , cancer , biology , paleontology
To investigate the expression of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) in both primary tumor and lymph node metastases of pathologic stage IIIA N2 non-small-cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) and the relation to prognosis.