Epidemiological and therapeutic profiles of lung cancer patients in the Hokushin Region Japan: a retrospective hospital administrative database study

Abstract Objective This study was performed to validate the epidemiology, initial treatment, and clinical practice of lung cancer patients in the Hokushin region, Japan. Methods We retrospectively surveyed data of 5503 newly diagnosed and registered lung cancer patients in 22 principal hospital-base...

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Main Authors: Takashi Kobayashi, Yoshikazu Nishino, Tomoya Takiguchi, Shintaro Kanda, Kengo Otsuki, Yuriko Tanaka, Yozo Nakazawa, Ken-ichi Ito, Ryuji Hayashi, Kazuo Yasumoto, Hidetaka Uramoto, Yasuo Hirono, Tomoe Makino, Mitsutoshi Nakada, Seiji Yano, Tomonobu Koizumi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-09-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-023-02610-5