Similar long-term survival of elderly patients with non-small cell lung cancer treated with lobectomy or wedge resection within the surveillance, epidemiology, and end results database

Chest

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 237-245

  Mery, Carlos M ^a   Pappas, Anastasia N ^a   Bueno, Raphael ^a   Colson, Yolonda L ^a   Linden, Philip ^a   Sugarbaker, David J ^a   Jaklitsch, Michael T ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Limited resection; Lobectomy; Lung cancer; Non small cell lung cancer; Surgery; Surveillance, epidemiology, and end results; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 22244460508     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.128.1.237     Document Type: Article

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