Wait times for head and neck cancer patients in the Maritime Provinces

Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 318-322

  Belyea, James ^a   Rigby, Matthew ^a   Jaggi, Rick ^a   Hart, Robert D ^a   Trites, Jonathan ^a   Taylor, S Mark ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Postoperative radiotherapy; Radiotherapy; Wait times

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSULTATION; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARITIME; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; WATCHFUL WAITING;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOVA SCOTIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 80052189201     PISSN: 19160216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7070.2011.100249     Document Type: Article

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