Interval from diagnosis to treatment onset for six major cancers in Catalonia, Spain

Cancer Detection and Prevention

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 267-275

  Pérez, Glòria ^a,b,c   Porta, Miquel ^c,d,e   Borrell, Carme ^a,b,c   Casamitjana, Montse ^c,f   Bonfill, Xavier ^c,e,g   Bolibar, Ignasi ^c,e,g   Fernández, Esteve ^b,h  

^a AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d Del Mar University   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^h CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clinical stage; Delay; Diagnosis to treatment interval; Health services diagnosis; Level of hospital; Mode of hospital admission; Neoplasms diagnosis; Therapeutic delay; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER THERAPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SPAIN;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SEX FACTORS; SPAIN; TIME;

EID: 52949099507     PISSN: 0361090X     EISSN: 15251500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cdp.2008.05.006     Document Type: Article

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