Quality of life following lung cancer resection: Video-assisted thoracic surgery vs thoracotomy

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Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 584-589

  Li, Wilson W L ^a   Lee, T W ^a   Lam, Shirley S Y ^a   Ng, Calvin S H ^a   Sihoe, Alan D L ^a   Wan, Innes Y P ^a   Yim, Anthony P C ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Quality of life; Thoracotomy; Video assisted thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; TELEPHONE; THORACOTOMY; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036041548     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.122.2.584     Document Type: Article

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