Prognostic factors in elderly patients with unresectable non-small cell lung cancer

Anticancer Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2 B, 2001, Pages 1379-1384

  Kimura, T ^a   Kudoh, S ^a   Hirata, K ^a   Takifuji, N ^a   Negoro, S ^a   Yoshikawa, J ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elderly patient; Hyponatremia; Non small cell lung cancer; Performance status; Prognostic factor

Indexed keywords

SODIUM;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BLOOD PROTEINS; BODY WEIGHT; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CHOLINESTERASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SERUM ALBUMIN; SODIUM; SURVIVORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035008198     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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