Delay to surgical treatment in lung cancer patients and its impact on survival in a video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy cohort

Abstract Patient pathways from first suspicious imaging until final surgical treatment vary and in some instances cause considerable delay. This study aims to investigate the impact of this delay on survival of lung cancer patients. The institutional database was queried to identify patients with pr...

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Main Authors: Florian Ponholzer, Veronika Kroepfl, Caecilia Ng, Herbert Maier, Florian Kocher, Paolo Lucciarini, Dietmar Öfner, Florian Augustin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-84162-4