Duration of symptoms and spread of colorectal cancer: A short history does not mean early disease

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 381-385

  Kiran, P R ^a   Glass, R E ^a  

^a Apartment 1 South ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Dukes' staging; Stage at presentation; Symptom duration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISEASE DURATION; EARLY CANCER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036843772     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588402760978157     Document Type: Article

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