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Preoperative evidence of circulating tumor cells by means of reverse transcriptase- polymerase chain reaction for carcinoembryonic antigen messenger RNA.

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1 Preoperative evidence of circulating tumor cells by means of reverse transcriptase- polymerase chain reaction for carcinoembryonic antigen messenger RNA is an independent predictor of survival in non–small cell lung cancer: A prospective study  Jun-ichi Yamashita, MDa*, Akinobu Matsuo, MDa*, Yuji Kurusu, MDa, Tetsushi Saishoji, MDb, Naoko Hayashi, MDa, Michio Ogawa, MDa  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  Volume 124, Issue 2, Pages (August 2002) DOI: /mtc Copyright © 2002 American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

2 Fig. 1 Overall survival in 103 patients with NSCLC who underwent a curative lobectomy in terms of pTNM stage of disease. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  , DOI: ( /mtc ) Copyright © 2002 American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

3 Fig. 2 Overall survival in 103 patients with NSCLC who underwent a curative lobectomy in terms of preoperative and postoperative CEA mRNA status. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  , DOI: ( /mtc ) Copyright © 2002 American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

4 Fig. 3 Overall survival in 103 patients with NSCLC who underwent a curative lobectomy in terms of CEA mRNA expression pattern. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  , DOI: ( /mtc ) Copyright © 2002 American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

5 Fig. 4 Overall survival in 103 patients with NSCLC who underwent a curative lobectomy in terms of CEA mRNA expression pattern according to the pTNM stage. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  , DOI: ( /mtc ) Copyright © 2002 American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

6 Fig. 5 Overall survival in 103 patients with NSCLC who underwent a curative lobectomy in terms of the sequence of pulmonary vessel ligation. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  , DOI: ( /mtc ) Copyright © 2002 American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions


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