Lung cancer associated with rheumatoid arthritis does not shorten life expectancy

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 216-220

  Chen, Cheng Yu ^a,b   Chen, Yuh Min ^a,c   Yen, Sang Hue ^a,c   Perng, Reury Perng ^a,c  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Institute of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Pulmonary fibrosis; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SMOKING HABIT; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 18744389468     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70210-2     Document Type: Article

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