Endoscopy waiting times and impact of the two week wait scheme on diagnosis and outcome of upper gastrointestinal cancer

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 961, 2005, Pages 728-730

  Spahos, T ^a   Hindmarsh, A ^a   Cameron, E ^a   Tighe, M R ^a   Igali, L ^a   Pearson, D ^a   Rhodes, M ^a   Lewis, M P N ^a  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; EARLY CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; STOMACH CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

AMBULATORY CARE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ENGLAND; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 27844489510     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2004.031104     Document Type: Article

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