Emergency admission for cancer: A matter of survival?

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 477-484

  Porta, M ^a,b   Fernandez, E ^c,d   Belloc, J ^e   Malats, N ^a   Gallen M ^e   Alonso, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b IL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^e HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Delay; Diagnosis; Emergency presentation; Gastrointestinal neoplasm; Healthcare seeking behaviour; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON CANCER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECTUM CANCER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPAIN; STOMACH CANCER; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031983479     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1998.76     Document Type: Article

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