High procedure volume is strongly associated with improved survival after lung cancer surgery

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 31, Issue 25, 2013, Pages 3141-3146

  Lüchtenborg, Margreet ^a   Riaz, Sharma P ^a   Coupland, Victoria H ^a   Møller, Henrik ^a   Lim, Eric ^b   Page, Richard ^c   Lind, Michael J ^d   Peake, Michael D ^e   Jakobsen, Erik ^f   Krasnik, Mark ^g  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Queen's Centre for Oncology and Haematology   (United Kingdom)

^e GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^g Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; VERY ELDERLY; ADOLESCENT; CANCER STAGING; CHILD; INFANT; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, HIGH-VOLUME; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 84886515453     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2013.49.0219     Document Type: Article

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