Effect of lung cancer surgery on quality of life

Thorax

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 234-238

  Win, T ^a   Sharples, L ^b   Wells, F C ^a   Ritchie, A J ^a   Munday, H ^a   Laroche, C M ^a  

^a PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC BIOSTATISTICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARBON MONOXIDE; TRANSFER FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH STATUS; LUNG TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 14944382372     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2004.031872     Document Type: Article

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