Identifying patterns of care for elderly patients with non-surgically treated stage III non-small cell lung cancer: an analysis of the national cancer database

Identifying patterns of care for elderly patients with non-surgically treated stage III non-small cell lung cancer: an analysis of the national cancer database

Abstract Background To compare patterns of care for elderly patients versus non-elderly patients with non-surgically treated stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) using the National Cancer Database (NCDB). We hypothesize that elderly patients are less likely to receive curative treatments, in...

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Main Authors: Eric D Miller, James L Fisher, Karl E Haglund, John C Grecula, Meng Xu-Welliver, Erin M Bertino, Kai He, Peter G Shields, David P Carbone, Terence M Williams, Gregory A Otterson, Jose G Bazan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-10-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
Subjects:
Non-small cell lung cancer
Stage III
Elderly
Patterns of care
Chemoradiation
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13014-018-1142-7

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