Impaired quality of life after pneumonectomy: Who is at risk?

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-52

  Leo, Francesco ^a   Scanagatta, Paolo ^a   Vannucci, Fernando ^a   Brambilla, Daniela ^a   Radice, Davide ^a   Spaggiari, Lorenzo ^a,b  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 73149097458     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.05.029     Document Type: Article

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