Lung cancer in patients aged 50 years and younger: Clinical characteristics, treatment details and outcome

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 328-333

  Veness, Mj ^a,b   Delaney, G ^a   Berry, M ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical characteristics; Lung cancer; Radiotherapy; Young patients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEW SOUTH WALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032785397     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1673.1999.433666.x     Document Type: Article

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