Fallacy of the Five-Year Survival in Lung Cancer

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 299, Issue 25, 1978, Pages 1397-1401

  Mcneil, Barbara J ^a   Weichselbaum, Ralph ^a   Pauker, Stephen G ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER MORTALITY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RADIOTHERAPY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; THERAPY;

EID: 0018245861     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM197812212992506     Document Type: Article

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