Lung cancer surgery in elderly patients

Tumori

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 237-241

  Cangemi, Vincenzo ^a,c   Volpino, Patrizia ^a   D'Andrea, Nadia ^a   Puopolo, Maria ^b   Tomassini, Rosanna ^a   Cangemi, Roberto ^a   Piat, Giampaolo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

Author keywords

elderly patients; lung cancer; surgery; survival expectancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; MULTIPLE CANCER; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0029901747     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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