Early diagnosis pivotal to survival in lung cancer

Practitioner

Volumn 258, Issue 1776, 2014, Pages 21-24

  O'Dowd, Emma L ^a,c   Baldwin, David R ^b,c  

^a Div of Epidemiol and Public Health   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Respiratory Medicine ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84914160018     PISSN: 00326518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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