Female and male differences in the survival of patients undergoing resection for lung cancer

Acta Chirurgica Belgica

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 293-296

  Kutlay, H ^a   Kayi Cangir, A ^a   Akal, M ^a   Gungor A ^a   Ozdemir N ^a   Kavukcu S ^a   Akay, H ^a   Okten I ^a   Yavuzer, S ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Gender; Lung cancer; Surgery; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL TYPE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOBECTOMY; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 1642355376     PISSN: 00015458     EISSN: 25770160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015458.2003.11679426     Document Type: Article

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