A retrospective analysis of short and long-term survival after curative pulmonary resection for lung cancer in elderly patients

Lung Cancer

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 221-227

  Schneider, Thomas ^a   Pfannschmidt, Joachim ^a   Muley, Thomas ^b   Reimer, Peter ^a   Eberhardt, Ralph ^a   Herth, Felix J F ^a   Dienemann, Hendrik ^a   Hoffmann, Hans ^a  

^a Thoraxklinik Heidelberg ^*  (Germany)

^b Translational Research Unit   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age related mortality; Lobectomy; Lung cancer; Performance status; Pneumonectomy; Surgery; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 55249094853     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2008.02.022     Document Type: Article

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