Pre-operative assessment of the lung cancer patient

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 2 I, 2001, Pages 120-123

  Bolliger, C T ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; EXERCISE TEST; HEART FUNCTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG HEMODYNAMICS; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; PARAMETER; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; SURGICAL RISK;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CARCINOMA, BRONCHOGENIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0035102738     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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