Lymph Node Metastases and Prognosis in Left Upper Division Non-Small Cell Lung Cancers: The Impact of Interlobar Lymph Node Metastasis

Hiroaki Kuroda; Yukinori Sakao; Mingyon Mun; Hirofumi Uehara; Masayuki Nakao; Yousuke Matsuura; Tetsuya Mizuno; Noriaki Sakakura; Noriko Motoi; Yuichi Ishikawa; Yasushi Yatabe; Ken Nakagawa; Sakae Okumura

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0134674

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Lymph Node Metastases and Prognosis in Left Upper Division Non-Small Cell Lung Cancers: The Impact of Interlobar Lymph Node Metastasis

Hiroaki Kuroda,

Current Address: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Japan

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgical Oncology, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Cancer Institute Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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Yukinori Sakao ,

* E-mail: ysakao@aichi-cc.jp

Current Address: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Japan

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgical Oncology, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Cancer Institute Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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Mingyon Mun,

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgical Oncology, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Cancer Institute Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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Hirofumi Uehara,

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgical Oncology, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Cancer Institute Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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Masayuki Nakao,

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgical Oncology, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Cancer Institute Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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Yousuke Matsuura,

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgical Oncology, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Cancer Institute Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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Tetsuya Mizuno,

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
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Noriaki Sakakura,

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
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Noriko Motoi,

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Cancer Institute Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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Yuichi Ishikawa,

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Cancer Institute Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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Yasushi Yatabe,

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Molecular Diagnosis, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
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Ken Nakagawa,

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgical Oncology, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Cancer Institute Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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Sakae Okumura

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgical Oncology, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Cancer Institute Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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Lymph Node Metastases and Prognosis in Left Upper Division Non-Small Cell Lung Cancers: The Impact of Interlobar Lymph Node Metastasis

Hiroaki Kuroda,
Yukinori Sakao,
Mingyon Mun,
Hirofumi Uehara,
Masayuki Nakao,
Yousuke Matsuura,
Tetsuya Mizuno,
Noriaki Sakakura,
Noriko Motoi,
Yuichi Ishikawa

Published: August 6, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0134674

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