Characteristics and predictors of missed opportunities in lung cancer diagnosis: an electronic health record-based study.

Hardeep Singh; Kamal Hirani; Himabindu Kadiyala; Olga Rudomiotov; Traber Davis; Myrna M. Khan; Terry L. Wahls

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Characteristics and predictors of missed opportunities in lung cancer diagnosis: an electronic health record-based study.

August 3, 2010

Singh H, Hirani K, Kadiyala H, et al. J Clin Oncol. 2010;28(20):3307-15.

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This study found that preventable delays in lung cancer diagnosis were largely attributable to either failure in recognizing documented abnormal imaging results or failure to complete diagnostic procedures in a timely manner.

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