Characteristics of lung cancer in the elderly

Anticancer Research

Volumn 16, Issue 5 B, 1996, Pages 3181-3184

  Mizushima, Yutaka ^a   Kashii, Tatsuhiko ^a   Yoshida, Yoshimasa ^a   Sugiyama, Shigeki ^a   Kobayashi, Masashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elderly; Lung cancer; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CARCINOGENESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0029818279     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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