Non-small cell lung cancer at the extremes of age: Impact on diagnosis and treatment

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 193-197

  Nugent, William C ^a,b,c   Edney, Mark T ^a,b,c   Hammerness, Paul G ^a,b,c   Dain, Bradley J ^a,b,c   Maurer, L Herbert ^a,b,c   Rigas, James R ^a,b,c  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031034651     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(96)00745-X     Document Type: Article

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