Quality of surgical resection for nonsmall cell lung cancer in a US metropolitan area

Cancer

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 134-142

  Allen, Jeffrey W ^a,b   Farooq, Aamer ^b   O'Brien, Thomas F ^c   Osarogiagbon, Raymond U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c Duckworth Pathology Group   (United States)

Author keywords

lymph node sampling; nonsmall cell lung cancer; quality of care; resection; surgery

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; THORACOTOMY; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; WEDGE RESECTION;

CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650694941     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.25334     Document Type: Article

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