Effect of patient-related delay in diagnosis on the extent of disease and prognosis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 317-320

  Sheng, Liming ^a   Shui, Yongjie ^a   Shen, Li ^a   Wei, Qichun ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Delay; Invasion; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Prognosis; Stage; Symptom duration; Time factor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 45349095269     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajr.2008.22.3174     Document Type: Article

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