Survival After Surgical Resection for Lung Cancer in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

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Abstract

The best curable therapy for lung cancer is surgical resection. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may influence survival, and lung function is crucial in the preoperative assessment. We hypothesized that COPD would influence survival after lung cancer resection.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Ann. Thorac. Surg.

Title: The Annals of thoracic surgery

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN (Electronic): 1552-6259

ISSN (Print): 0003-4975

Publication date (Electronic): Jun 2016

Volume: 101

Issue: 6

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[1 ] Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Oslo University Hospital-Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway; Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway. Electronic address: anders.bugge@medisin.uio.no.

[2 ] Department of Respiratory Medicine, Oslo University Hospital-Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway.

[3 ] Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.

[4 ] Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Oslo University Hospital-Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway; Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.

[5 ] Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; Department of Respiratory Medicine, Oslo University Hospital-Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway.

Article

Publisher Item ID: S0003-4975(15)02099-8

DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.12.057

PubMed ID: 27016839

SO-VID: 3f72b830-bd72-42a8-af99-d79c1caff1f6

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