Reduction in waiting time for diagnosis and treatment of head and neck cancer - A fast track study

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 636-641

  Toustrup, Kasper ^a   Lambertsen, Karin ^a   Birke Sørensen, Hanne ^a   Ulhøi, Benedicte ^a   Sørensen, Leif ^a   Grau, Cai ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER THERAPY; CASE MANAGER; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; TREATMENT DURATION; WATCHFUL WAITING;

ACCELERATION; ALGORITHMS; CARCINOMA; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; REGISTRIES; TIME FACTORS; TIME MANAGEMENT; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 79956138193     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0284186X.2010.551139     Document Type: Article

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