Non-small cell lung cancer: Prognostic factors in patients treated with surgery and postoperative radiation therapy

Radiology

Volumn 213, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 845-852

  Lee, Jason H ^a   Machtay, Mitchell ^a   Kaiser, Larry R ^a   Friedberg, Joseph S ^a   Hahn, Stephen M ^a   McKenna, Michael G ^a   McKenna, W Gillies ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Lung neoplasms; Lung neoplasms, surgery; Lung neoplasms, therapeutic radiology

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE RISK;

EID: 0032743861     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.213.3.r99dc23845     Document Type: Article

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