Survival after community diagnosis of early-stage non-small cell lung cancer

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 443-449

  Kanarek, Norma F ^a,b   Hooker, Craig M ^b,c   Mathieu, Luckson ^b   Tsai, Hua Ling ^b   Rudin, Charles M ^b   Herman, James G ^b   Brock, Malcolm V ^b  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Lung; Lung cancer biology; Lung cancer surgery; Quality care management; Statistics; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

LUNG; LUNG CANCER BIOLOGY; LUNG CANCER SURGERY; QUALITY CARE MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BALTIMORE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PNEUMONECTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 84898951206     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2013.12.023     Document Type: Article

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