Endobronchial mucosa invasion predicts survival in patients with small cell lung cancer.

BACKGROUND: Current staging system for small cell lung cancer (SCLC) categorizes patients into limited- or extensive-stage disease groups according to anatomical localizations. Even so, a wide-range of survival times has been observed among patients in the same staging system. This study aimed to id...

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Main Authors: Pai-Chien Chou, Shu-Min Lin, Chun-Yu Lo, Hao-Cheng Chen, Chih-Wei Wang, Chun-Liang Chou, Chih-Teng Yu, Horng-Chyuan Lin, Chun-Hua Wang, Han-Pin Kuo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3464219?pdf=render