Improvements in surgical Results for lung cancer from 1989 to 1999 in Japan

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1364-1369

  Koike, Teruaki ^a   Yamato, Yasushi ^a   Asamura, Hisao ^b   Tsuchiya, Ryosuke ^b   Sohara, Yasunori ^c   Eguchi, Kenji ^d   Mori, Masaki ^e   Nakanishi, Yoichi ^f   Goya, Tomoyuki ^g   Koshiishi, Yoshihiko ^g   Miyaoka, Etsuo ^h  

^a NIIGATA CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Jicji Medical School

^d TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Sapporo Kosei General Hospital   (Japan)

^f KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

5 year survival rate; Improvement; Lung cancer; Resection; Survival index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 70449597601     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e3181ba2054     Document Type: Article

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