Cancer biology may be more important than diagnostic delay [1]

British Medical Journal

Volumn 325, Issue 7367, 2002, Pages 774-

  Symonds, R Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; LABELING INDEX; LETTER; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINA BLEEDING;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; SCOTLAND; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037027138     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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