Clinical patterns and treatment outcome of elderly patients in clinical stage IB/II non-small cell lung cancer

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 134-138

  Okamoto, Tatsuro ^a   Maruyama, Riichiroh ^a   Shoji, Fumihiro ^a   Ikeda, Jiro ^a   Miyamoto, Tetsuya ^a   Nakamura, Tomomi ^a   Asoh, Hiroshi ^a   Ichinose, Yukito ^a  

^a NATIONAL KYUSHU CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elderly; Non small cell lung cancer; Radiotherapy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; AGED; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARGE CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; CARCINOMA, ADENOSQUAMOUS; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PNEUMONECTOMY; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4444266908     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.20095     Document Type: Review

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