The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 136, Issue 3 , Pages 605-610, September 2008

The impact of lymph node station on survival in 348 patients with surgically resected malignant pleural mesothelioma: Implications for revision of the American Joint Committee on Cancer staging system

  • Raja M. Flores, MD

      Affiliations

    • Thoracic Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Raja M. Flores, MD, Thoracic Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, Room C-879, New York, NY 10021.
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  • Tom Routledge, MD

      Affiliations

    • Thoracic Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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  • Venkatraman E. Seshan, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Biostatistics Service, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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  • Joseph Dycoco, BA

      Affiliations

    • Thoracic Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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  • Maureen Zakowski, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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  • Yael Hirth

      Affiliations

    • Thoracic Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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  • Valerie W. Rusch, MD

      Affiliations

    • Thoracic Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York

Received 3 May 2007; received in revised form 18 October 2007; accepted 12 February 2008. published online 01 July 2008.

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 Presented at the 87th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Thoracic Surgery 2007, Washington, DC.

PII: S0022-5223(08)00824-6

doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.02.069

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 136, Issue 3 , Pages 605-610, September 2008

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