Lung Cancer
Volume 68, Issue 3 , Pages 398-402 , June 2010

Age, tumor size, type of surgery, and gender predict survival in early stage (stage I and II) non-small cell lung cancer after surgical resection

  • Mohit Agarwal

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, William Beaumont Hospital, 3601 W. 13 Mile Rd., Royal Oak, MI 48073-6769, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: 1165 Lake Blvd, APT # 12, Marion, OH 43302-6689 Tel.: +1 248 506 9069.
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  • Govinda Brahmanday

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, William Beaumont Hospital, 3601 W. 13 Mile Rd., Royal Oak, MI 48073-6769, United States
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  • Gary W. Chmielewski

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, William Beaumont Hospital, 3601 W. 13 Mile Rd., Royal Oak, MI 48073-6769, United States
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  • Robert J. Welsh

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, William Beaumont Hospital, 3601 W. 13 Mile Rd., Royal Oak, MI 48073-6769, United States
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  • K.P. Ravikrishnan

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care; William Beaumont Hospital, 3601 W. 13 Mile Rd., Royal Oak, MI 48073-6769, United States

Received 30 May 2009 ,Revised 25 July 2009 ,Accepted 9 August 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2009.08.008

Lung Cancer
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