The direct and indirect impact of comorbidity on the survival of patients with non-small cell lung cancer: A combination of survival, staging and resection models with missing measurements in covariates

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Iachina, Maria ^a   Green, Anders ^a   Jakobsen, Erik ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROBABILITY; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; COMORBIDITY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84896828200     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003846     Document Type: Article

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