Lung cancer in the canton of St. Gallen, Eastern Switzerland: Sex-associated differences in smoking habits, disease presentation and survival

Onkologie

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 569-573

  Cerny, David ^a   Cerny, Thomas ^a   Ess, Silvia ^b   D'Addario, Giannicola ^a   Früh, Martin ^a  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b Cancer Registry Canton of St Gallen/Appenzell ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Histology; Lung cancer; Sex; Survival; Tobacco smoking

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 70350769124     PISSN: 0378584X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000232581     Document Type: Article

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