Urgent GP referrals for suspected lung, colorectal, prostate and ovarian cancer

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 56, Issue 526, 2006, Pages 355-362

  Allgar, Victoria L ^a   Neal, Richard D ^b   Ali, Nasreen ^a   Leese, Brenda ^a   Heywood, Phil ^a   Proctor, Gill ^a   Evans, Joyce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Lung cancer; Ovarian cancer; Prostate cancer; Referral

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL RECORD; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSTATE CANCER; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33646547920     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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