Postoperative radiotherapy in completely resected, early-stage, non-small-cell lung cancer: Reflections and future directions (multiple letters)

Lancet Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 589-590

  Granone, Pierluigi ^a   Keller, Steven ^b   Trodella, Lucio ^a   Cesario, Alfredo ^a   Margaritora, Stefano ^a   Porziella, Venanzio ^a   Valente, Salvatore ^a   Corbo, Giuseppe Maria ^a   D'Angelillo, Rolando Maria ^a   Stewart, Lesley ^c   Burdett, Sarah ^c   Souhami, Robert ^c   Parmar, Mahesh ^c  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL STUDY; COBALT THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; METHODOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036799371     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(02)00869-0     Document Type: Letter

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