Survival in small cell lung cancer in India: Prognostic utility of clinical features, laboratory parameters and response to treatment

Indian Journal of Cancer

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 67-74

  Mohan, A ^a   Goyal, A ^a   Singh, P ^a   Singh, S ^a   Pathak, A K ^a   Bhutani, M ^a   Pandey, R M ^a   Guleria, Randeep ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Performance status; Prognostic factors; Small cell lung cancer; Survival; Symptom burden; Symptomatic response to treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745606672     PISSN: 0019509X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-509x.25887     Document Type: Article

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