Do women live longer following lung resection for carcinoma?

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 319-325

  Alexiou, Christos ^a   Onyeaka, C V Patrick ^a   Beggs, David ^a   Akar, Ruchan ^a   Beggs, Lynda ^a   Salama, Fayek D ^a   Duffy, John P ^a   Morgan, W Ellis ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender; Lung cancer; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENDER; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SPIROMETRY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036167179     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(01)01114-9     Document Type: Article

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