Does marital status impact survival and quality of life in patients with non-small cell lung cancer? observations from the mayo clinic lung cancer cohort

Oncologist

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1456-1463

  Jatoi, Aminah ^a   Novotny, Paul ^a   Cassivi, Stephen ^a   Clark, Matthew M ^a   Midthun, David ^a   Patten, Christi A ^a   Sloan, Jeff ^a   Yang, Ping ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Marital status; Quality of life; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIVORCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WIDOW;

AGED; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38049069247     PISSN: 10837159     EISSN: 1549490X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.12-12-1456     Document Type: Article

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