Patterns of initial management of lung cancer in the Republic of Ireland: A population-based observational study

Lung Cancer

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-64

  Mahmud, Salaheddin M ^a   Reilly, Marie ^b   Comber, Harry ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL CANCER REGISTRY IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bronchogenic carcinoma; Cancer registry; Elderly patients; Geographic variation; Health care assessment; Lung neoplasm; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRELAND; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO;

EID: 0038121534     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5002(03)00148-X     Document Type: Article

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