Factors influencing time from presentation to treatment of colorectal and breast cancer in urban and rural areas

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1479-1485

  Robertson, R ^a   Campbell, N C ^a   Smith, S ^a   Donnan, P T ^b   Sullivan, F ^b   Duffy, R ^b   Ritchie, L D ^a   Millar, D ^a   Cassidy, J ^c   Munro, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Tayside Centre for General Practice   (United Kingdom)

^c BEATSON WEST OF SCOTLAND CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d RAIGMORE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cohort study; Colorectal cancer; Primary care; Provider delay

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL MASS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER CENTER; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER THERAPY; COLON TUMOR; COLORECTAL CANCER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; IRON THERAPY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALPATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM TUMOR; RURAL AREA; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRANSVERSE COLON; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; AGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGNOSIS; RURAL POPULATION; TIME; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANXIETY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGNOSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SCOTLAND; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 2442543102     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601753     Document Type: Article

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