Determining patient and primary care delay in the diagnosis of cancer - Lessons from a pilot study of patients referred for suspected cancer

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Neal, Richard D ^a   Pasterfield, Diana ^a   Wilkinson, Clare ^a   Hood, Kerenza ^a   Makin, Matthew ^b   Lawrence, Helen ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BETSI CADWALADR UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOM; ADULT; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; WALES;

EID: 40149103500     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-9-9     Document Type: Article

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