The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 125, Issue 1 , Pages 108-114 , January 2003

Effect of preoperative delay on prognosis for patients with early stage non-small cell lung cancer

Read at the Twenty-seventh Annual Meeting of The Western Thoracic Surgical Association, San Diego, Calif, June 20-23, 2001.

  • Renée L. Quarterman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Oregon Health Sciences University Department of Surgery, Portland, Ore
    • Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and University of California, San Francisco
    • ,
  • Alex McMillan, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco Cancer Center, San Francisco, Calif.
    • ,
  • Mark B. Ratcliffe, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and University of California, San Francisco
    • ,
  • Mark I. Block, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and University of California, San Francisco

Received 28 June 2001 ,Revised 10 September 2002 ,Accepted 13 September 2002.

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☆ Supported in part by a Department of Veterans' Affairs Advanced Research Career Development Award. Current affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.

☆☆ Address for reprints: Mark I. Block, MD, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, 96 Jonathan Lucas St, 409 CSB, Charleston, SC 29425 (E-mail: blockm@musc.edu).

PII: S0022-5223(02)73340-0

doi: 10.1067/mtc.2003.93

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 125, Issue 1 , Pages 108-114 , January 2003

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