Survival differences by gender for resected non-small cell lung cancer: A retrospective analysis of 12,509 cases in a Japanese lung cancer registry study

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1594-1601

  Sakurai, Hiroyuki ^a   Asamura, Hisao ^a   Goya, Tomoyuki ^b   Eguchi, Kenji ^c   Nakanishi, Yoichi ^d   Sawabata, Noriyoshi ^e   Okumura, Meinoshin ^e   Miyaoka, Etsuo ^f   Fujii, Yoshitaka ^g  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Cancer registry; Gender; Non small cell lung cancer; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 77958181793     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e3181f1923b     Document Type: Article

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