Comment on "treatment of non-small cell lung cancer stage IIIA: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines (2nd edition)"

Chest

Volumn 134, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1349-

  Rice, David ^a   Swisher, Stephen ^a   Pisters, Katherine ^a   Fossella, Frank ^a   Herbst, Roy ^a   Hofstetter, Wayne ^a   Kies, Merrill ^a   Komaki, Ritsuko ^a   Lippman, Scott ^a   Mehran, Reza ^a   Roth, Jack ^a   Stewart, David ^a   Vaporciyan, Ara ^a   Walsh, Garrett ^a   Cox, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 57349199347     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.08-0655     Document Type: Letter

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