Symptom duration versus survival in non-emergency colorectal cancer

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 252-258

  Olsson, L ^a   Bergkvist, L ^b   Ekbom, A ^b  

^a CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Elective; Population based; Stage; Survival; Symptom; Symptom duration

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; EMERGENCY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; FLATULENCE; HEMATOCHEZIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; SYMPTOM; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1642384234     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520310005342     Document Type: Article

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