The effect of season of operation on the survival of patients with resected non-small cell lung cancer

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 151-155

  Turna, Akif ^a   Pekçolaklar, Atilla ^b   Metin, Muzaffer ^b   Yaylim, Ilhan ^a   Gurses, Atilla ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Yedikule Teaching Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Polymorphism; Prognosis; Season; Surgical resection; Vitamin D receptor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR GENE; WINTER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; ODDS RATIO; PNEUMONECTOMY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECEPTORS, CALCITRIOL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856970943     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivr063     Document Type: Article

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