Fast-track referrals for oral lesions: A prospective study

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 207-208

  Shah, H V ^a   Williams, R W ^a   Irvine, G H ^a  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fast track referrals; Head and neck cancer; Oral cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; FEMALE; GENDER; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY; MOUTH CANCER; MOUTH LESION; MOUTH ULCER; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; ORAL SURGERY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL WARD; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASES; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; ORAL ULCER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33646104660     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2005.05.010     Document Type: Article

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