Variation in the use of chemotherapy in lung cancer

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 886-890

  Patel, N ^a   Adatia, R ^a   Mellemgaard, A ^b   Jack, R ^a   Moller H ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cancer networks; Cancer plan; Chemotherapy; Lung cancer; NSCLC; SCLC

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33947414875     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6603659     Document Type: Article

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