title: [Advanced type of lung carcinoma with a small size: a clinicopathological study].
abstract: Eighteen cases of lung carcinoma with a small size were investigated clinicopathologically. In the results, the following findings have been confirmed. 1) In cases with pN1 (+) BVI (-) showed excellent prognoses. 2) In cases with pN2 (+) or BVI (+) showed very poor prognoses. Therefore, the adjuvant chemotherapy is needed pre- or postoperatively in patients who showed the mediastinal lymph nodes swelling on the chest X-ray, CT and/or mediastinoscopy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Kitakyoushu Shojuen Hospital.
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authors.lastname: Saito
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authors.lastname: Shirakusa
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000098:blood supply / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D011379:Prognosis; D015996:Survival Rate