Open AccessWait Times for Diagnosis and Treatment of Lung Cancer: A Single-Centre Experience
Author(s) -
Catherine Labbé,
Michaela R. Anderson,
Serge Simard,
Lise Tremblay,
Francis Laberge,
R. Vaillancourt,
Yves Lacasse
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
current oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.053
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1718-7729
pISSN - 1198-0052
DOI - 10.3747/co.24.3655
Subject(s) - medicine , cohort , lung cancer , hazard ratio , retrospective cohort study , stage (stratigraphy) , referral , cancer , radiation therapy , chemotherapy , surgery , oncology , confidence interval , paleontology , family medicine , biology
Multiple clinical practice guidelines recommend rapid evaluation of patients with suspected lung cancer. It is uncertain whether delays in diagnosis and management have a negative effect on outcomes.
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