Time to treat: A system redesign focusing on decreasing the time from suspicion of lung cancer to diagnosis

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1001-1006

  Lo, Dorothy S ^a,c   Zeldin, Robert A ^a   Skrastins, Roland ^b   Fraser, Ian M ^b   Newman, Harold ^b   Monavvari, Alan ^a   Ung, Yee C ^a   Joseph, Harry ^b   Downton, Teresa ^b   Maxwell, Larissa ^b   Meharchand, Jacinta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO EAST GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diagnostics; Lung cancer; Process

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSULTATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 35848964546     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e318158d4b6     Document Type: Article

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