Radiation therapy alone in elderly with early stage non-small cell lung cancer

Lung Cancer

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 149-154

  San José, Sol ^a   Arnaiz, Maria Dolores ^a   Lucas, Anna ^a   Navarro, Valentin ^a   Serrano, Gala ^a   Zaderazjko, Mariel ^a   Jeremic, Branislav ^a   Guedea, Ferran ^a  

^a CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Early stage; Elderly; Non small cell lung cancer; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG TOXICITY; MALE; METASTASIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION INJURY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DOSE FRACTIONATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645976782     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2005.12.010     Document Type: Article

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