Exploring variations in lung cancer care across the UK - The 'story so far' for the National Lung Cancer Audit

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 14-18

  Beckett, P ^a   Woolhouse, I ^b   Stanley, R ^c   Peake, M D ^d  

^a DERBY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Lung cancer

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER THERAPY; CARCINOID; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MESOTHELIOMA; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84859363827     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: 14734893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.12-1-14     Document Type: Short Survey

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