A comprehensive review of nongenetic prognostic and predictive factors influencing the heterogeneity of outcomes in advanced Non-Small-Cell lung cancer

Cancer Management and Research

Volumn 6, Issue , 2014, Pages 437-449

  Carter, Gebra Cuyún ^a   Barrett, Amy M ^b   Kaye, James A ^b   Liepa, Astra M ^a   Winfree, Katherine B ^a   John, William J ^a  

^a ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^b RTI HEALTH SOLUTIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterogeneity; NSCLC; Review; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; DOCETAXEL; GEMCITABINE; HEMOGLOBIN; IFOSFAMIDE; NAVELBINE; PEMETREXED;

ADVANCED CANCER; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; METASTASIS; NON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

EID: 84908264342     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CMAR.S63603     Document Type: Review

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