Multidisciplinary management of lung cancer: How to test its efficacy?

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 69-72

  Leo, Francesco ^a,c   Venissac, Nicolas ^a   Poudenx, Michel ^b   Otto, Josiane ^b   Mouroux, Jérôme ^a   Mouroux, J ^a   Venissac, N ^a   Leo, F ^a   Padovani, B ^a   Hofman, P ^a   Perrin, C ^a   Poudenx, M ^b   Otto, J ^b   Thomas, O ^b   Dugue, P ^d   Rotomondo Mouroux, C ^e   Chavaillon, J M ^e   De Surmont Salasc, B ^f   Giacchero, G ^g   Lachaussee R ^g   Barriere G ^h   Lecaer, H ^h   Trias, J ⁱ   Guiochet, N ⁱ   Rigo, P ⁱ   Fauchon, F ^j   Castelnau, O ^k   Boyer, J B ^l   Elkaim, D ^l   more..

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NICE   (France)

^b CENTRE ANTOINE LACASSAGNE   (France)

^c EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^d General Hospital of Grasse   (France)

^e General Hospital of Antibes   (France)

^f General Hospital of Frejus

^g General Hospital of Cannes   (France)

^h General Hospital of Draguignan   (France)

ⁱ CENTRE HOSPITALIER PRINCESSE GRACE   (Monaco)

^j Department of Radiotherapy   (France)

^k A Tzanck Hospital   (France)

^l Centre de Haute Energie ^*

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Author keywords

Lung cancer; Multidisciplinary management; Survival; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT REFUSAL; DECISION MAKING; EVALUATION; FRANCE; LUNG TUMOR; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249670351     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e31802bff56     Document Type: Article

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