Differences in Outcomes Between Younger and Older Patients With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1735-1739

  Bryant, Ayesha S ^a   Cerfolio, Robert J ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SMOKING; THORAX SURGERY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; SMOKING; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42949176607     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.01.031     Document Type: Article

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