Is female gender a protective factor for NSCLC patients? A follow up study of 20 years of 478 patients

J. Chatkin, N. Scaglia, J. Figueiredo-Pinto (Porto Alegre, Brazil)

Source: Annual Congress 2011 - Epidemiology of lung cancer and screening
Session: Epidemiology of lung cancer and screening
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2734
Disease area: Thoracic oncology

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