The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 4 , Pages 1001-1006 , April 2010

Effect of selective lymph node dissection based on patterns of lobe-specific lymph node metastases on patient outcome in patients with resectable non–small cell lung cancer: A large-scale retrospective cohort study applying a propensity score

  • Futoshi Ishiguro, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Futoshi Ishiguro, MD, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, 1-1 Kanokoden, Chikusa-Ku Nagoya 461-8681, Japan.
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  • Keitaro Matsuo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology and Prevention, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya, Japan
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  • Takayuki Fukui, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
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  • Shoichi Mori, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Nagoya First Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
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  • Shunzo Hatooka, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
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  • Tetsuya Mitsudomi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Japan

Received 18 February 2009 ,Revised 20 May 2009 ,Accepted 8 July 2009.

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 Disclosures: None.

PII: S0022-5223(09)00930-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.07.024

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 4 , Pages 1001-1006 , April 2010

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