Specialty Matters in the Treatment of Lung Cancer

Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 99-105

  Tieu, Brandon ^a   Schipper, Paul ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Outcome; Specialty; Surgery; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; LUNG CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MORBIDITY; RECURRENCE RISK; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SPECIALIZATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COST SAVINGS; GENERAL SURGERY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALS, HIGH-VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPECIALIZATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THORACIC SURGERY; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865350119     PISSN: 10430679     EISSN: 15329488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2012.06.002     Document Type: Article

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