Two week wait for suspected cancer: Milestone or millstone?

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1251-1252

  Fentiman, Ian S ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDITORIAL; FAMILY HISTORY; FATALITY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SKIN CANCER; SOLID TUMOR; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; NEOPLASM; NOTE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; TIME;

GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 33644873380     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1368-5031.2005.00728d.x     Document Type: Editorial

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