Sex as an Independent Prognostic Factor in a Population-Based, Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Cohort

BACKGROUND: Males with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) tend to experience worse outcomes, as do those with nonadenocarcinoma histology; however, the independent effects of these factors remain unclear.

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Main Authors: Marshall W Pitz, Grace Musto, Srisala Navaratnam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Canadian Respiratory Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/618691
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spelling doaj-3281545ec1b54d698a0b9de761b603712021-07-02T02:25:39ZengHindawi LimitedCanadian Respiratory Journal1198-22412013-01-01201303410.1155/2013/618691Sex as an Independent Prognostic Factor in a Population-Based, Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer CohortMarshall W Pitz0Grace Musto1Srisala Navaratnam2Department of Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba, CanadaDepartment of Epidemiology and Cancer Registry, CancerCare Manitoba, CanadaDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba, CanadaBACKGROUND: Males with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) tend to experience worse outcomes, as do those with nonadenocarcinoma histology; however, the independent effects of these factors remain unclear.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/618691
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Sex as an Independent Prognostic Factor in a Population-Based, Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Cohort
Canadian Respiratory Journal
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Grace Musto
Srisala Navaratnam
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title Sex as an Independent Prognostic Factor in a Population-Based, Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Cohort
title_short Sex as an Independent Prognostic Factor in a Population-Based, Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Cohort
title_full Sex as an Independent Prognostic Factor in a Population-Based, Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Cohort
title_fullStr Sex as an Independent Prognostic Factor in a Population-Based, Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Cohort
title_full_unstemmed Sex as an Independent Prognostic Factor in a Population-Based, Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Cohort
title_sort sex as an independent prognostic factor in a population-based, non-small cell lung cancer cohort
publisher Hindawi Limited
series Canadian Respiratory Journal
issn 1198-2241
publishDate 2013-01-01
description BACKGROUND: Males with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) tend to experience worse outcomes, as do those with nonadenocarcinoma histology; however, the independent effects of these factors remain unclear.
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