Varied routes of entry into secondary care and delays in the management of lung cancer in New Zealand

Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 98-106

  Stevens, Wendy ^a,b   Stevens, Graham ^a,b   Kolbe, John ^b,c   Cox, Brian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Hospital delay; Lung cancer; Management; Treatment delay

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; THERAPY DELAY;

EID: 44949171686     PISSN: 17437555     EISSN: 17437563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-7563.2008.00158.x     Document Type: Article

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