Female sex and long-term survival post curative resection for non-small-cell lung cancer

Submitted by: Erica CurcioGold Contributor

Source: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

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Author(s): Richard Warwick, Michael Shackcloth, Neeraj Mediratta, Richard Page, James McShane, Mathew Shaw, and Michael Poullis

A database analysis on 4212 patients found female sex to be associated with improved survival in patients with Stage I adenocarcinoma but not with other stages or with squamous carcinoma. The authors discuss the reasons for their findings.

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