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Chest clinic
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Stage classification and prognosis: an intersection of medicine, quantum physics and religion?
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  1. Frank C Detterbeck
  1. Correspondence to Dr Frank C Detterbeck, Yale University School of Medicine, 330 Cedar St, Thoracic Surgery, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06520–8062, USA; frank.detterbeck{at}yale.edu

Abstract

Estimating prognosis is an important part of caring for patients with cancer. However, predicting prognosis is complicated and depends on many factors. Simply amassing more data alone is not the answer; we have to learn to intellectually manage the inherent complexity and uncertainty if we are to make progress.

  • Alveolar cell cancer
  • Imaging/CT mri etc
  • lung cancer
  • Non-small Cell lung Cancer
  • Thoracic Surgery

https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200214

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    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.