Exploratory thoracotomy and its influence on the survival of patients with lung cancer

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 118, Issue 15-16, 2006, Pages 479-484

  Debevec, Lučka ^a   Eržen, Janez ^b   Debeljak, Andrej ^a   Crnjac, Anton ^c   Kovač, Viljem ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF RESPIRATORY AND ALLERGIC DISEASES   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^d INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Exploratory thoracotomy; Lung cancer; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY METASTASIS; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PLEURA METASTASIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SURVIVAL TIME; THORACOTOMY;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THORACOTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33748772305     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-006-0638-6     Document Type: Article

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