Patient's and doctors’ delays in the diagnosis of chest tumors
Lung CancerPublished 1 January 2002
Hirsh Koyi, Gunnar Hillerdal, Eva Brandén
Citations133
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SJR score1.75
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The delays in diagnosis of lung cancer, both from the patients and from the doctors, are in most instances fairly long but with a planned approach, the delays could probably be shortened.
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The delays are in most instances fairly long. With a planned approach, the delays due to the doctors could probably be shortened.
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