Postoperative radiotherapy in radically resected non-small cell lung cancer

Chest

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 954-959

  Mayer, Ramona ^a   Smolle Juettner, Freyja Maria ^a   Szolar, Dieter ^a   Stuecklschweiger, Georg Franz ^a   Quehenberger, Franz ^a   Friehs, Gerhard ^a   Hackl, Arnulf ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Lung cancer, postoperative radiotherapy; Lung cancer, recurrence; Lung cancer, surgery; Lung cancer, survival

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LARGE CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030862020     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.112.4.954     Document Type: Article

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