Open AccessMortality 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
Author(s) -
Nalini Sathiakumar,
Elizabeth Delzell,
Michael A. Morrisey,
Carla Falkson,
Mellissa Yong,
Victoria Chia,
Justin Blackburn,
Tarun Arora,
Meredith L. Kilgore
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.106127
Subject(s) - medicine , bone metastasis , lung cancer , metastasis , epidemiology , proportional hazards model , oncology , cancer , surgery
To quantify the impact of bone metastasis and skeletal-related events (SREs) on mortality among older patients with lung cancer.