Oral and pharyngeal cancer: Analysis of patient delay at different tumor stages

Head and Neck

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 939-945

  Brouha, Xavier D R ^a   Tromp, Debbie M ^a   Hordijk, Gert Jan ^a   Winnubst, Jacques A M ^a   De Leeuw, J Rob J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attribution of symptoms; Oral cancer; Patient delay; Pharyngeal cancer; Tumor stage; Tumor symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMON COLD; DENTIST; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; PHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 27644512814     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20270     Document Type: Article

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