High postoperative risk after pneumonectomy in elderly patients with right-sided lung cancer

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 141-145

  van Meerbeeck, J P ^a   Damhuis, R A M ^a   Vos de Wael, M L ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Elderly; Lung cancer; Mortality; Pneumonectomy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES; PNEUMONECTOMY; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0036155895     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.02.00226202     Document Type: Article

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