An analysis of delays in the management of thoracic cancers: A prospective study;Analyse des délais de prise en charge des cancers thoraciques: Étude prospective

Revue des Maladies Respiratoires

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 208-213

  Leveque, N ^a   Brouchet, L ^b   Lepage, B ^b   Hermant, C ^a   Bigay Game, L ^a   Plat, G ^a   Dahan, M ^b   Riviere, D ^c   Didier, A ^a   Mazieres, J ^a  

^a Service de Pneumologie et Soins Intensifs   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^c TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Delay; Lung cancer; Prognosis; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; THERAPY DELAY; THORAX CANCER; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CARCINOMA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FRANCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT EXAMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME TO TREATMENT; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEX FACTORS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT;

EID: 84901232825     PISSN: 07618425     EISSN: 17762588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmr.2013.10.001     Document Type: Article

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