Extent of Visceral Pleural Invasion Affects Prognosis of Resected Non-small Cell Lung Cancer: A meta-analysis

Abstract Visceral pleural invasion (VPI) has been known to be an adverse prognostic factor in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, the prognostic significance of extent of VPI (PL0, PL1 and PL2) remains controversial. We conduct a meta-analysis to summarize available evidence on this topic....

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Main Authors: Ting Wang, Chengya Zhou, Qinghua Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-01845-7