Delay by patients and doctors in treatment of Pancoast tumor

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 118, Issue 13-14, 2006, Pages 405-410

  Ichinohe, Kenji ^a,c   Takahashi, Mamoru ^b   Tooyama, Norihiro ^b  

^a Fukuroi Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^b Seirei Mikatabara General Hospital   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Doctors' delay; Errors; Pancoast tumor; Patients' delay; Radiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVIEW; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; ONCOLOGY; ONSET AGE; PANCOAST TUMOR; PHYSICIAN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PANCOAST'S SYNDROME; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 33747359903     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-006-0615-0     Document Type: Article

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