Population variations in the initial treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 3261-3268

  Potosky, Arnold L ^a   Saxman, Scott ^a   Wallace, Robert B ^a   Lynch, Charles F ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT PLANNING; ADULT; AGED; CANCER REGISTRY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEER PROGRAM;

EID: 4344670233     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2004.02.051     Document Type: Article

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