Resection rates and postoperative mortality in 7,899 patients with lung cancer

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 7-10

  Damhuis, R A M ^a   Schutte P R ^b  

^a Integraal Kankercentrum Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

^b Merwede Ziekenhuis   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age; Lung neoplasms; Postoperative mortality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADENOCARCINOMA, BRONCHIOLO-ALVEOLAR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; ODDS RATIO; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0030066705     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.96.09010007     Document Type: Article

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