Disparities in surgical resection of early-stage non-small cell lung cancer

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1173-1176

  Jazieh, Abdul R ^a   Kyasa, Mohammad J ^b   Sethuraman, Goplan ^a   Howington, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036621699     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2002.122538     Document Type: Article

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