Lung cancer: assessing resectability
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چکیده
Staging classification in patients with non-small cell lung cancer does not always correlate perfectly with surgical resectability. Therefore, it is important to evaluate individual features of a patient's tumor in order to determine if surgical resection is the optimal method of treatment, regardless of tumor stage. Such features include characteristics of the primary tumor, regional lymph nodes and distant sites.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Cancer Imaging
دوره 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2003