The association between referral source and stage of disease in patients with colorectal cancer

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 58-62

  Bevis, Paul M ^a,b   Donaldson, O W ^a   Card, M ^a   Durdey, P ^a   Thomas, M G ^a   Sylvester, P A ^a   Longman, R J ^a  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer stage; Colorectal cancer; Fast track; Referrals; Two week rule

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITERION VARIABLE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY PATIENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON; SYMPTOM;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; COLECTOMY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36948999823     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2007.01222.x     Document Type: Article

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