Predictors of surgery and consult with an oncologist for adjuvant chemotherapy in early stage nsclc patients in alberta, Canada

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 629-634

  Winget, Marcy ^a,b   Stanger, Jennifer ^b   Gao, Zhiwei ^a   Butts, Charles ^a  

^a Alberta Cancer Board   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adjuvant chemotherapy; Consultation; Early stage NSCLC; Oncology; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CONSULTATION; EARLY CANCER; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

AGED; ALBERTA; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PNEUMONECTOMY; PROGNOSIS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 67651154569     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e31819ccf26     Document Type: Article

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