A long waiting time for radiotherapy. not acceptable for patients with neoplasms
Klausen, O.G.; Olofsson, J.; Rosengren, B.
Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening Tidsskrift for Praktisk Medicin Ny Raekke 109(23): 2324-2325
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0029-2001 PMID: 2772899 Document Number: 332228
Radiotherapeutical resources in Norway are inadequate, which was further verified in this retrospective study of 73 patients with cancer of head and neck. The average duration of symptoms before the first ear-nose-throat examination was 153 days, and it took about 10 days after the examination to get the diagnosis. An unacceptably long time (mean 30 days) elapsed between the decision on therapy until the radiotherapy was initiated. There is no doubt that radiotherapy departments in Norway need better resources.