Survival after resection for primary lung cancer

Thorax

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 649-650

  Treasure, T ^a   Utley, M ^b  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY CARE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORBIDITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGEON; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33747041386     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2006.062505     Document Type: Editorial

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