Waiting times for treatment of rectal cancer in North West England

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 117-118

  Duff, S E ^a,b   Wood, C ^a   McCredie, V ^a   Levine, E ^a   Saunders, M P ^a   O'Dwyer, S T ^a  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM CANCER; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; WAITING TIME;

EID: 1642376150     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.97.3.117     Document Type: Article

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