Clinical features of colorectal cancer before emergency presentation: A population-based case - Control study

Family Practice

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-6

  Cleary, Jonathan ^a   Peters, Tim J ^a   Sharp, Deborah ^a   Hamilton, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Diagnosis; Emergency admissions; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON SURGERY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIARRHEA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCIES; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 33947387002     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cml059     Document Type: Article

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