Japanese Lung Cancer Registry Study: First prospective enrollment of a large number of surgical and nonsurgical cases in 2002

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1369-1375

  Sawabata, Noriyoshi ^a   Asamura, Hisao ^b   Goya, Tomoyuki ^c   Mori, Masaki ^d   Nakanishi, Yoichi ^e   Eguchi, Kenji ^f   Koshiishi, Yoshihiko ^g   Okumura, Meinoshin ^a   Miyaoka, Etsuo ^h   Fujii, Yoshitaka ^h  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Sapporo Kosei General Hospital   (Japan)

^e KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^h NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japan; Lung cancer; Registry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; JAPANESE; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 77956268337     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e3181e452b9     Document Type: Article

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