Symptom duration and delay in referral for palliative radiotherapy in cancer patients: A pilot study

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 32-36

  Wirth, Andrew ^a   Smith, Jennifer G ^a   Ball, David L ^a   Mameghan, Hedy ^a   Corry, June ^a   Bernshaw, David L M ^a   Drummond, Roslyn M ^a  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT REFERRAL; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032490632     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1998.tb141475.x     Document Type: Article

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