Significance of the Presence of Microscopic Vascular Invasion After Complete Resection of Stage I–II pT1-T2N0 Non-small Cell Lung Cancer and Its Relation with T-Size Categories: Did the 2009 7th Edition of the TNM Staging System Miss Something?

Volume: 6, Issue: 2, Pages: 319 - 326
Published: Feb 1, 2011
Abstract
Introduction:The aim of this study was to assess the significance of microscopic vascular invasion (MVI) in a population of resected patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), along with an analysis of the effect of the combination of MVI and tumor size for the T-size categories T1a-T2b according to the 2009 7th edition of the tumor, node, metastasis (TNM) classification.Methods:From January 1993 to August 2008, 746 patients...
Paper Details
Title
Significance of the Presence of Microscopic Vascular Invasion After Complete Resection of Stage I–II pT1-T2N0 Non-small Cell Lung Cancer and Its Relation with T-Size Categories: Did the 2009 7th Edition of the TNM Staging System Miss Something?
Published Date
Feb 1, 2011
Volume
6
Issue
2
Pages
319 - 326
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