Surgical Outcomes in Small Cell Lung Cancer
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Surgical Outcomes in Small Cell Lung Cancer
BACKGROUND The experience of a single-institution regarding surgery for small cell lung cancer (SCLC) was reviewed to evaluate the surgical outcomes and prognoses. MATERIALS AND METHODS From July 1990 to December 2009, thirty-four patients (28 male) underwent major pulmonary resection and lymph node dissection for SCLC. Lobectomy was performed in 24 patients, pneumonectomy in eight, bilobecto...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2233-601X,2093-6516
DOI: 10.5090/kjtcs.2012.45.1.40