Tumor Necrosis as a Prognostic Factor for Stage IA Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Seong Yong Park, MD, Hyun-Sung Lee, MD, PhD, Hee-Jin Jang, MD, Geon Kook Lee, MD, PhD, Kyung Young Chung, MD, Jae Ill Zo, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 91, Issue 6, Pages 1668-1673 (June 2011) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.12.028 Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Hematoxylin and eosin–stained section of non-small cell lung cancer with tumor necrosis. (A) Low-powered slide; ×10. (B) High-powered slide; ×400. Arrows indicate portion of necrosis. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2011 91, 1668-1673DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.12.028) Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Patterns of recurrence in surgically resected stage IA non-small cell lung cancer. (LN = lymph node.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2011 91, 1668-1673DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.12.028) Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Overall survival (A) and disease-free survival (B) curves according to the presence of tumor necrosis. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2011 91, 1668-1673DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.12.028) Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions