Professional delay in head and neck cancer patients: Analysis of the diagnostic pathway

Oral Oncology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 551-556

  Brouha, X D R ^a   Tromp, D M ^a   Koole, R ^a   Hordijk, G J ^a   Winnubst, J A M ^a   de Leeuw, J R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Laryngeal cancer; Oral cancer; Pharyngeal cancer; Professional delay; Referral delay; Tumor stage; Tumor symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER SIZE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTIST; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE DURATION; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEART FAILURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LARYNX CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; NECK TUMOR; NETHERLANDS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OTALGIA; PAIN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SORE THROAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS, SQUAMOUS CELL; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34249798157     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2006.06.002     Document Type: Article

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