Lung cancer patients in Queensland suffer delays in receiving radiation therapy - But not as a result of distance

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 126-132

  Burmeister, B H ^a   Zarate, D D ^b   Burmeister, E A ^a   Harden, H E ^b   Colquist, S P ^b   Cossio, D L ^b   Poulsen, M G ^c   Collins, M ^e   Pratt, G R ^d   Walpole, E T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^c Mater Centre   (Australia)

^d ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Demographics; Lung cancer; Radiation therapy; Waiting time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; THERAPY DELAY; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUEENSLAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 77749302092     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2009.01912.x     Document Type: Article

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