UK waiting time targets in lung cancer treatment: Are they achievable? Results of a prospective tracking study

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Devbhandari, Mohan P ^a   Soon, Sing Yang ^a   Quennell, Pauline ^a   Barber, Philip ^a   Krysiak, Piotr ^a   Shah, Rajesh ^a   Jones, Mark T ^a  

^a WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 34248333712     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8090-2-5     Document Type: Article

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