Recent trends in resection rates among non-small cell lung cancer patients in England

Thorax

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 811-814

  Riaz, Sharma P ^a   Linklater, Karen M ^a   Page, Richard ^b   Peake, Michael D ^c,d   Møller, Henrik ^a   Lüchtenborg, Margreet ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Portland House   (United Kingdom)

^d GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SLEEVE RESECTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; WEDGE RESECTION;

EID: 84865284526     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2012-201768     Document Type: Article

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