Implications of a negative bronchoscopy on waiting times to treatment for lung cancer patients: results of a prospective tracking study

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 479-483

  Devbhandari, Mohan P ^a   Quennell, Pauline ^a   Krysiak, Piotr ^a   Shah, Rajesh ^a   Jones, Mark T ^a  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Lung cancer; Waiting times

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THERAPY DELAY;

AGED; BRONCHOSCOPY; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 49249092409     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2008.05.052     Document Type: Article

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