Poor survival for veterans with pathologic stage i non-small-cell lung cancer

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 204, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 637-642

  St Julien, Jamii B ^a   Pinkerman, Rhonda ^b   Aldrich, Melinda C ^a,c   Chen, Heidi ^a   Deppen, Stephen A ^a,c   Callaway Lane, Carol ^b   Massion, Pierre ^a   Putnam, Joe B ^a,b   Lambright, Eric S ^a,b   Nesbitt, Jonathan C ^a   Grogan, Eric L ^a,b,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC); Survival; Veteran

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURVIVAL TIME; VETERAN;

EID: 84868532380     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2012.07.008     Document Type: Article

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