Age-related impairment of quality of life after lung resection for non-small cell lung cancer

Lung Cancer

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 115-120

  Schulte, Tobias ^a   Schniewind, Bodo ^a   Walter, Jessica ^a   Dohrmann, Peter ^a   Küchler, Thomas ^a   Kurdow, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elderly patient; EORTC QLQ; Lung cancer; NSCLC; QOL; Quality of life; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS STUMP; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTELECTASIS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL NERVE PARALYSIS; LOBECTOMY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PNEUMONECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REHABILITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77649179210     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2009.05.019     Document Type: Article

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