Editorial: Cardiorespiratory fitness in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer : Why is this feature important to evaluate? Can it be improved?

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 565-567

  Pujol, Jean Louis ^a   Quantin, Xavier ^a   Chakra, Mohammad ^a  

^a HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DYSPNEA; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; EXERCISE TEST; LUNG TUMOR; METASTASIS; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WALKING;

CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; WALKING;

EID: 67651146787     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e3181a0d761     Document Type: Editorial

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