Loss to follow-up of patients with malignant lymphoma

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 180-184

  Brown, S ^a   Belgaumi, A ^a   Ajarim, D ^a   Kofide, A ^a   Al Saad, R ^a   Sabbah, R ^a   Ezzat, A ^a   Shoukri, M ^a   Barr, R ^b   Levin, A ^c,d  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d East Africa Research Project   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Follow up; Lymphoma; No show; Outcome; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPHOMA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA; MALE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 2442492760     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2004.00461.x     Document Type: Article

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