Stage, survival and delays in lung, colorectal, prostate and ovarian cancer: Comparison between diagnostic routes

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 57, Issue 536, 2007, Pages 212-219

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

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Diagnostic tests; Primary health care; Referrals and consultation

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG CANCER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTPATIENT CARE; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSTATE CANCER; UNITED KINGDOM;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 33847684670     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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