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Non-BAC component but not epidermal growth factor receptor gene mutation is associated with poor outcomes in small adenocarcinoma of the lung.
Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer - 1 Jul 2008
Kobayashi Naruyuki, Toyooka Shinichi, Ichimura Kouichi, Soh Junichi, Yamamoto Hiromasa, Matsuo Keitaro, Otani Hiroki, Jida Masaru, Kubo Takafumi, Tsukuda Kazunori, Kiura Katsuyuki, Sano Yoshifumi, Date Hiroshi
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to identify risk factors for poor clinical outcome after surgical resection of small lung adenocarcinoma. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Clinical records of 127 patients who had pathologic stage IA lung adenocarcinoma 20 mm or less and who had undergone a lobectomy with mediastinal lymph node dissection were reviewed. The percentage of non-bronchioloalveolar carcinoma (non-BAC)...
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