Diagnostic delay in colorectal cancer

Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 313-316

  Potter, Mark A ^a   Wilson, R Graeme ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Colorectal cancer; Diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONSULTATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032847606     PISSN: 00358835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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