Patient and physician delay in the diagnosis and treatment of non-small cell lung cancer in Turkey

YURDAKUL, AHMET; Kocaturk, Celalettin; Bayiz, Hulya; Gursoy, Soner; Bircan, Ahmet; Ozcan, Aysenaz; Akkoclu, Atilla; Uluorman, Funda; Celik, Pinar; KÖKSAL, DENİZ; Ulubas, Bahar; Sercan, Eylem; ÖZBUDAK, ÖMER; GÖKSEL, TUNCAY; Onalan, Tugba; Yamansavci, Esra; TÜRK, FİGEN; YÜNCÜ, GÖKHAN; Copuraslan, Cigdem; Mardal, Tugba; Tuncay, Esin; Karamustafaoglu, Altemur; Yildiz, Pinar; Secik, Funda; Kaplan, Muhammet; Caglar, Emel; Ortakoylu, Mediha; Onal, Mine; Turna, Akif; Hekimoglu, Evlin; Dalar, Levent; Altin, Sedat; Gulhan, Meral; Akpinar, Eylem; Savas, Ismail; Firat, Nalan; Camsari, Gungor; Ozkan, Gulcihan; Cetinkaya, Erdogan; Kamiloglu, Emine; ÇELİK, BÜLENT; Havlucu, Yavuz

doi:10.1016/j.canep.2014.12.015

Patient and physician delay in the diagnosis and treatment of non-small cell lung cancer in Turkey

Atıf İçin Kopyala

YURDAKUL A. S., Kocaturk C., Bayiz H., Gursoy S., Bircan A., Ozcan A., ...Daha Fazla

CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY, cilt.39, sa.2, ss.216-221, 2015 (SCI-Expanded)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 39 Sayı: 2
Basım Tarihi: 2015
Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.canep.2014.12.015
Dergi Adı: CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.216-221
Anahtar Kelimeler: Lung cancer, Delay, Patient, Doctor, PRIMARY-CARE, GENERAL-PRACTICE, 1ST SYMPTOM, TIME, SURVIVAL, EXPERIENCE, INTERVALS, REGISTRY, PERIOD, UK
Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Aim: The early diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer are important for the prognosis of patients with lung cancer. This study was undertaken to investigate patient and doctor delays in the diagnosis and treatment of NSCLC and the factors affecting these delays.