Don't wait for a sensory level - Listen to the symptoms: A prospective audit of the delays in diagnosis of malignant cord compression

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 472-480

  Levack, P ^a   Graham, J ^b   Collie, D ^b   Grant, R ^b   Kidd, J ^c   Kunkler, I ^b   Gibson, A ^e   Hurman, D ^e   McMillan, N ^d   Rampling, R ^d   Slider, L ^d   Statham, P ^b   Summers, D ^e  

^a NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d BEATSON INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Malignant cord compression; MRI; Nerve root pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEURALGIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADICULAR PAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD LESION; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036894739     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/clon.2002.0098     Document Type: Article

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