A comparison of patterns of care of nonsmall cell lung carcinoma patients in a younger and medigap commercially insured cohort

Cancer

Volumn 83, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1930-1937

  Hillner, Bruce E ^a   McDonald, M Kathleen ^a   Desch, Christopher E ^a   Smith, Thomas J ^a   Penberthy, Lynne T ^a   Retchin, Sheldon M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Distant disease; Elderly patients; Lung; Neoplasm; Practice patterns; Regional disease; Younger patients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE;

AGED; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; INSURANCE, MEDIGAP; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0032212492     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19981101)83:9<1930::AID-CNCR8>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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