Surgical resection of lung cancer England: More operations but no trials to test their effectiveness

Thorax

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 759-761

  Treasure, Tom ^a   Russell, Christopher ^a   Morton, Dion ^b   Macbeth, Fergus ^c   Utley, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG RESECTION; MESOTHELIOMA; METASTASIS RESECTION; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84865287402     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2012-202006     Document Type: Editorial

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