Spread through air spaces (STAS): prognostic impact of a semi-quantitative assessment

Arne Warth^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Institute of Pathology, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
² Translational Lung Research Centre Heidelberg, Member of the German Centre for Lung Research, Im Neuenheimer Feld 224, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany.

Editorial

Arne Warth. J Thorac Dis. 2017 Jul.

. 2017 Jul;9(7):1792-1795.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2017.06.53.

Arne Warth^{1

2}

¹ Institute of Pathology, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
² Translational Lung Research Centre Heidelberg, Member of the German Centre for Lung Research, Im Neuenheimer Feld 224, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The author has no conflicts of interest to declare.

What is spread through air space?
Uruga H, Fujii T, Kishi K. Uruga H, et al. J Thorac Dis. 2017 Oct;9(10):E943-E944. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2017.08.159. J Thorac Dis. 2017. PMID: 29266118 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Semiquantitative Assessment of Tumor Spread through Air Spaces (STAS) in Early-Stage Lung Adenocarcinomas.
Uruga H, Fujii T, Fujimori S, Kohno T, Kishi K. Uruga H, et al. J Thorac Oncol. 2017 Jul;12(7):1046-1051. doi: 10.1016/j.jtho.2017.03.019. Epub 2017 Mar 28. J Thorac Oncol. 2017. PMID: 28363628

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