Strengths and challenges in current lung cancer care:Timeliness and diagnostic procedures in six Dutch hospitals
OBJECTIVES: Timely diagnosis of lung cancer (LC) is crucial to achieve optimal patient care and outcome. Moreover, the number of procedures required to obtain a definitive diagnosis can have a large influence on the life expectancy of a patient. Here, adherence with existing Dutch guidelines for timeliness and type and number of invasive and imaging procedures was assessed. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 1096 patients with suspected LC were enrolled in this multicenter prospective study (NL9146). The overall survival, time from referral to the first appointment with the pulmonologist, time to diagnosi... Mehr ...
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Genet, Sylvia
Visser, Esther
Youssef-El Soud, Maggy
Belderbos, Huub N.A.
Stege, Gerben
de Saegher, Marleen E.A.
van 't Westeinde, Susan C.
Brunsveld, Luc
Broeren, Maarten A.C.
van de Kerkhof, Daan
Eduati, Federica
van den Borne, Ben E.E.M.
Scharnhorst, Volkher |
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Artikel |
| Erscheinungsdatum: |
2024 |
| Reihe/Periodikum: |
Genet , S , Visser , E , Youssef-El Soud , M , Belderbos , H N A , Stege , G , de Saegher , M E A , van 't Westeinde , S C , Brunsveld , L , Broeren , M A C , van de Kerkhof , D , Eduati , F , van den Borne , B E E M & Scharnhorst , V 2024 , ' Strengths and challenges in current lung cancer care : Timeliness and diagnostic procedures in six Dutch hospitals ' , Lung Cancer , vol. 189 , 107477 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lungcan.2024.107477 |
| Schlagwörter: |
Diagnostic procedures
/ Lung cancer care
/ Survival
/ Timeliness
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| Sprache: |
Englisch |
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