Postoperative Radiation Therapy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 184-187

  Decker, Roy H ^a   Wilson, Lynn D ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

lung cancer; postoperative; radiation

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; NAVELBINE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RADIATION INJURY;

CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 56349133252     PISSN: 10430679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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