Lung cancer surgery in the breathless patient - the benefits of avoiding the gold standard

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 6-13

  Lau, Kelvin K W ^a   Martin Ucar, Antonio E ^a   Nakas, Apostolos ^a   Waller, David A ^a  

^a GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lung cancer surgery; Lung neoplasms; Pulmonary emphysema; Segmentectomy; Thoracoscopy VATS; VATS lobectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG SEGMENTECTOMY; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

AGED; DYSPNEA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PNEUMONECTOMY; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RECURRENCE; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953286754     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.01.043     Document Type: Article

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