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Mortality following bone metastasis and skeletal-related events among patients 65 years and above with lung cancer: A population-based analysis of U.S. Medicare beneficiaries, 1999-2006

BACKGROUND: To quantify the impact of bone metastasis and skeletal-related events (SREs) on mortality among older patients with lung cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Using the linked Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results-Medicare database, we identified patients aged 65 years or older diagnosed w...

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Autores principales: Sathiakumar, Nalini, Delzell, Elizabeth, Morrisey, Michael A., Falkson, Carla, Yong, Mellissa, Chia, Victoria, Blackburn, Justin, Arora, Tarun, Kilgore, Meredith L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3644828/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23661912
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.106127