The Emerging Role of Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques for the Treatment of Lung Malignancy in the Elderly

Thoracic Surgery Clinics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 345-351

  Heerdt, Paul M ^a,b   Park, Bernard J ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Lung cancer; VATS

Indexed keywords

AGING; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG CANCER; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SURGERY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

EID: 70350492075     PISSN: 15474127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2009.06.006     Document Type: Review

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