Lagtimes in diagnosis and treatment of colorectal cancer: Determinants and association with cancer stage and survival

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1166-1174

  Wattacheril, J ^a,b   Kramer, J R ^a   Richardson, P ^a,b   Havemann, B D ^a,b   Green, L K ^a,b   Le, A ^d   El Serag, H B ^b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EVALUATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LAGTIME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAMETER; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOM; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 53549109462     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2008.03826.x     Document Type: Article

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