Impact of the two-week referral guideline on time to diagnosis and treatment in oesophago-gastric cancer [4]

Clinical Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 386-387

  Logan, R F A ^a   Behan, M W H ^a   Campion, G ^a   Keating, N A ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STOMACH CANCER;

EID: 0042929775     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.3-4-386     Document Type: Letter

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