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Reasons for prolonged time for diagnostic workup for stage I-II lung cancer and estimated effect of applying an optimized pathway for diagnostic procedures

BACKGROUND: Minimizing the time until start of cancer treatment is a political goal. In Norway, the target time for lung cancer is 42 days. The aim of this study was to identify reasons for delays and estimate the effect on the timelines when applying an optimal diagnostic pathway. METHODS: Retrospe...

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Autores principales: Stokstad, Trine, Sørhaug, Sveinung, Amundsen, Tore, Grønberg, Bjørn H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6751647/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31533705
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4517-z