Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 93, Issue 3 , Pages 402-407 , December 2009

Co-morbidity index predicts for mortality after stereotactic body radiotherapy for medically inoperable early-stage non-small cell lung cancer

  • Neil Kopek

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital, Building 5, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
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  • Merete Paludan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark
    • ,
  • Jørgen Petersen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark
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  • Anders Traberg Hansen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark
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  • Cai Grau

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark
    • ,
  • Morten Høyer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark

Received 26 February 2009 ,Revised 22 May 2009 ,Accepted 1 June 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.06.002

Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 93, Issue 3 , Pages 402-407 , December 2009

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