title: The Social Science of Surgery: Commentary on an article by Yu Tang, MD, et al.: "Effect of Surgery on Quality of Life of Patients with Spinal Metastasis from Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer".
authors.affiliation: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston Children's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Megan E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D013131:Spine / Q000601:surgery*