Effect of time delay on survival in patients with non-small cell lung cancer - A Malaysian study

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-71

  Loh, Li Cher ^a   Chan, L Y ^a   Tan, R Y ^a   Govindaraju, S ^b   Ratnavelu, K ^b   Kumar, S ^c   Raman, S ^c   Vijayasingham, P ^c   Thayaparan, T ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b Nilai Cancer Institute   (Malaysia)

^c Seremban Hospital   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Lung cancer; Patients; Prognosis; Survival rates

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALAYSIA; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33645737793     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/10105395060180011101     Document Type: Article

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