Delay of diagnosis and treatment of colorectal cancer-A population-based Danish Study

Cancer Detection and Prevention

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-51

  Korsgaard, Marianne ^a   Pedersen, Lars ^a   Laurberg, Søren ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer symptoms; Fast track; General practitioner delay; Hospital delay; Patient delay; Treatment delay; Two week referral

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; DENMARK; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DENMARK; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 42749083852     PISSN: 0361090X     EISSN: 15251500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cdp.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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