Systematic review of guidelines for the management of suspected lung cancer in primary care

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Del Giudice, M Elisabeth ^a,b   Young, Sheila Mae ^c   Vella, Emily T ^d   Ash, Marla ^e   Bansal, Praveen ^f   Robinson, Andrew ^g   Skrastins, Roland ^f   Ung, Yee ^h,i   Zeldin, Robert ^j,k   Levitt, Cheryl ^d  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b Toronto Central Local Health Integration Network   (Canada)

^c Lindsay ON   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e North York Family Health Team   (Canada)

^f Brampton ON ^*  (Canada)

^g QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

ⁱ DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^k TORONTO EAST GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER PROGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMBASE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; MEDLINE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEER REVIEW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; SPIROMETRY; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ASPIRATION; TRANSTHORACIC BIOPSY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STANDARDS;

DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84906225374     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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