Guideline for referral of patients with suspected lung cancer by family physicians and other primary care providers;Lignes directrices sur l'aiguillage des cas soupçonnés de cancer du poumon par un médecin de famille ou autre professionnel des soins primaires

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

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

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b Toronto Central Local Health Integration Network   (Canada)

^c McMaster University Oncology ^*

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

^f North York Family Health Team   (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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAPHRAGM; DIGITAL CLUBBING; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION; CANADA; COMPLICATION; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOARSENESS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ASBESTOS; PASSIVE SMOKING;

ASBESTOS; CANADA; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEMOPTYSIS; HOARSENESS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84906268781     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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