Delays to surgery in non-small-cell lung cancer

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-36

  Liberman, Moishe ^a   Liberman, Dan ^a   Sampalis, John S ^a   Mulder, David S ^a  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANADA; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; THORACOSCOPY; BIOPSY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PNEUMONECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 33645047199     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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