Prognostic impact of education level of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer enrolled in clinical trials

Lung Cancer

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 457-464

  Di Maio, Massimo ^a   Signoriello, Simona ^b   Morabito, Alessandro ^a   Rossi, Antonio ^c   Maione, Paolo ^c   Piantedosi, FrancoVito ^d   Bilancia, Domenico ^e   Cigolari, Silvio ^f   Barbera, Santi ^g   Gebbia, Vittorio ^h   Daniele, Bruno ⁱ   Robbiati, Sergio Federico ^j,o   Illiano, Alfonso ^d   Ceribelli, Anna ^k   Carrozza, Francesco ^l   Favaretto, Adolfo ^m   Piazza, Elena ⁿ   Piccirillo, Maria Carmela ^a   Daniele, Gennaro ^a   Giordano, Pasqualina ^a   Costanzo, Raffaele ^a   Sandomenico, Claudia ^a   Rocco, Gaetano ^a   Gallo, Ciro ^b   Perrone, Francesco ^a   Gridelli, Cesare ^c   more..

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c S G MOSCATI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d MONALDI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e SAN CARLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f S Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona Hospital   (Italy)

^g Mariano Santo Hospital   (Italy)

^h LA MADDALENA CANCER CENTER   (Italy)

ⁱ G RUMMO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^j Civile Hospital   (Italy)

^k REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^l Cardarelli Hospital   (Italy)

^m VENETO INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY IOV IRCCS   (Italy)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^o CNR   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Advanced NSCLC; Education; Prognosis; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; ITALY; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84860543344     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: 18728332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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