Characteristics of lung cancer patients - the Shaukat Khanum memorial experience

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 245-248

  Badar, Farhana ^a   Meerza, Fouzia ^a   Khokhar, Rizwan Anwar ^a   Ali, Faiqa A ^a   Irfan, Noreen ^a   Kamran, Shazia ^a   Shahid, Narmeen ^a   Mahmood, Shahid ^a  

^a Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Center   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Histopathological diagnosis; Lung cancer; Pakistan; Smoking status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 33748459095     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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