Influence of age on choice of therapy and surgical outcomes in patients with nonsmall cell lung cancer

American Surgeon

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 598-603

  Bolton, William D ^a   Rice, David C ^b   Correa, Arlene M ^b   Hofstetter, Wayne ^b   Komaki, Ritsuko ^b   Mehran, Reza ^b   Pisters, Katherine ^b   Roth, Jack A ^b   Vaporciyan, Ara A ^b   Walsh, Garrett L ^b   Swisher, Stephen G ^b  

^a GREENVILLE HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX SCORE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG COMPLICATION; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; ONSET AGE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PNEUMONECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67651154317     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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