Survival analysis of non-small cell lung cancer in patients aged 70 and over

Chinese Journal of Lung Cancer

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 231-235

  Zhang, Zijin ^a   Cheng, Gang ^a   Sun, Jiankun ^a   Li, Jing ^a  

^a BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Geriatrics; Lung neoplasms; Prognosis; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 43649086886     PISSN: 10093419     EISSN: 19996187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3779/j.issn.1009-3419.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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