Survival status of veterans with lung cancer is poorer than that among civilians due to age and sex differences: A study of chinese veterans in Taiwan

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 286-293

  Chen, Yuh Min ^a,b   Lin, Kuei Chih ^a   Tsai, Chun Ming ^a,b   Perng, Reury Perng ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Civilian; Lung cancer; Survival; Veteran

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; CHINA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TAIWAN; VETERAN;

EID: 48049097033     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: 17287731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1726-4901(08)70124-2     Document Type: Article

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