Journal article
Loss to follow‐up of patients with malignant lymphoma
Abstract
Loss to follow-up (LTFU) in cancer patients is a serious problem, yet there is little data on this and on the underlying reasons. Of 144 paediatric and 431 adult patients with lymphoma diagnosed in 1997/1998 at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh (KFSHRC), 30% and 48.5%, respectively, were LTFU after 4 years (excluding patients known to have died). In 2001-2002, 196 paediatric and adult lymphoma patients at KFSHRC were …
Authors
BROWN S; BELGAUMI A; AJARIM D; KOFIDE A; AL SAAD R; SABBAH R; EZZAT A; SHOUKRI M; BARR R; LEVIN A
Journal
European Journal of Cancer Care, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 180–184
Publisher
Hindawi
Publication Date
May 2004
DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2354.2004.00461.x
ISSN
0961-5423