The Use of Scoring Systems in Selecting Patients for Lung Resection: Work-up Bias Comes Full-Circle

Thoracic Surgery Clinics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 107-112

  Utley, Martin ^a   Treasure, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SELECTION; PNEUMONECTOMY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 38749086826     PISSN: 15474127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2007.10.005     Document Type: Review

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