The influence of blood transfusion on survival in operated non-small cell lung cancer patients

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 755-760

  Rzyman, Witold ^a   Dziadziuszko, Rafal ^a   Skokowski, Jan ^a   Wilimski, Radoslaw ^a   Raiter, Artur ^a   Szymanowska, Amelia ^a   Jassem, Jacek ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLOGENEIC BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141519223     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(03)00217-4     Document Type: Article

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