Open AccessAge at diagnosis is a heterogeneous factor for non-small cell lung cancer patients
Author(s) -
Tao Chen,
Fangyu Zhou,
Weili Jiang,
Rui Mao,
Hui Zheng,
Linlin Qin,
Chang Chen
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of thoracic disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 2077-6624
pISSN - 2072-1439
DOI - 10.21037/jtd.2019.06.24
Subject(s) - medicine , stage (stratigraphy) , lung cancer , oncology , logistic regression , lymph node , incidence (geometry) , epidemiology , multivariate analysis , univariate analysis , t stage , risk factor , lymph node metastasis , cancer , metastasis , paleontology , physics , optics , biology
The incidence of lung cancer is reported as age dependent. However, the link between survival and age at diagnosis remains controversial. To date, few studies have examined the relationship between age and the clinicopathologic characteristics of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).