Are we achieving the current waiting time targets in lung cancer treatment? Result of a prospective study from a large United Kingdom teaching hospital

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 590-592

  Devbhandari, Mohan P ^a,b   Bittar, Mohammad N ^a   Quennell, Pauline ^a   Barber, Philip ^a   Krysiak, Peotr ^a   Shah, Rajesh ^a   Jones, Mark T ^a  

^a WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Guidelines; Lung cancer; Waiting times

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THORAX; TIME; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 34547417727     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e318070ccf0     Document Type: Note

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