Time spans from first symptom to treatment in patients with lung cancer - The influence of symptoms and demographic characteristics

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 397-405

  Lövgren, Malin ^a,b   Leveälahti, Helena ^a,c   Tishelman, Carol ^a,c,d   Runesdotter, Sara ^a,c   Hamberg, Katarina ^e   Koyi, Hirsh ^f  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Department of Health and Social Sciences ^*  (Sweden)

^c Stockholms Sjukhem Foundation   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; ANOREXIA; CHEST PAIN; COUGH; DYSPNEA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SMOKING; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 40949123244     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841860701592392     Document Type: Article

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