Is late diagnosis of lung cancer inevitable? Interview study of patients' recollections of symptoms before diagnosis

Thorax

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 314-319

  Corner, J ^a   Hopkinson, J ^a   Fitzsimmons, D ^a   Barclay, S ^b   Muers, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUGHING; EATING HABIT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LETHARGY; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX PAIN; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH STATUS; LUNG TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 16844380293     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2004.029264     Document Type: Article

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