Developing an effective lung cancer program in a community hospital setting

Clinical Lung Cancer

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 239-243

  Fischel, Richard J ^a   Dillman, Robert O ^a  

^a HOAG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL PRESBYTERIAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Lobectomy; Multidisciplinary; Thoracotomy; Video assisted thoracoscopic surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUING EDUCATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SMOKING; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACOTOMY; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT PLANNING; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

EID: 70349452151     PISSN: 15257304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3816/CLC.2009.n.032     Document Type: Article

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