Changing trends in the management of colorectal cancers and its impact on cancer waiting times

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 140-144

  Raje, D ^a   La Touche, S ^a   Mukhtar, H ^a   Oshowo, A ^a   Ingham Clark, Celia ^a  

^a WHITTINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer waiting times (CWT); Colorectal cancers (CRC); Neo adjuvant therapy

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER STAGING; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CANCER CARE FACILITIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 33644854373     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2005.00915.x     Document Type: Article

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