Predictors of long-term survival of lung cancer patients in a Norwegian community

Clinical Respiratory Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 50-58

  Skaug, Knut ^a,b   Eide, Geir Egil ^b,c   Gulsvik, Amund ^b,c  

^a HAUGESUND HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Diagnostic delay time; Long term survival; Lung cancer; Population; Predictors

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NORWAY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 78650271887     PISSN: 17526981     EISSN: 1752699X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-699X.2010.00200.x     Document Type: Article

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