Surgical resection and long-term survival for octogenarians who undergo surgery for non-small-cell lung cancer

Clinical Lung Cancer

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 130-134

  Dillman, Robert O ^a   Zusman, Douglas R ^b   McClure, Stephanie E ^a  

^a HOAG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL PRESBYTERIAN   (United States)

^b Hoag Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Advanced age; Lobectomy; Pneumonectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 65349126992     PISSN: 15257304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3816/CLC.2009.n.017     Document Type: Article

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