Delay in referral of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma to secondary care correlates with a more advanced stage at presentation, and is associated with poorer survival

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 955-958

  Pitchers, M ^a   Martin, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Delay; Head and neck cancer; Referral

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL MODEL; THERAPY DELAY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33645749694     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6603044     Document Type: Article

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