Waiting for cancer care: Exploiting our national laboratory

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 12-14

  Sullivan, Terrence ^a  

^a CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; LABORATORY; PATIENT CARE; REGISTRATION; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 33645088716     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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