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Influence of the distance between home and the hospital on patients with surgically resected non-small-cell lung cancer

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Source: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

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Author(s): Tomoyoshi Takenaka, Eiko Inamasu, Tsukihisa Yoshida, Gouji Toyokawa, Kaname Nosaki, Fumihiko Hirai, Masafumi Yamaguchi, Takashi Seto, Mitsuhiro Takenoyama, and Yukito Ichinose

607 consecutive patients with non-small-cell lung cancer who had undergone pulmonary resection were analyzed according to the distance from their home to the hospital: 0 < 10, 10–30 and >30 km. The mean postoperative hospital stay differed between the groups, but there were no significant differences in the median length of follow-up, disease-free survival.

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