A Short Diagnostic Delay is More Important for Rectal Cancer than for Colonic Cancer

European Journal of Surgery

Volumn 162, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 899-904

  Arbman, Gunnar ^a   Nilsson, Erik ^b   Störgren Fordell, Vera ^c   Sjödahl, Rune ^d  

^a Central Hospital   (Sweden)

^b Motala Hospital   (Sweden)

^c Finspång Hospital   (Sweden)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Doctor's delay; Patient's delay; Stage; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029827162     PISSN: 11024151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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