CAUTION! Consider Cancer: Common Symptoms and Signs for Early Detection of Cancer in Young Adults

Seminars in Oncology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 207-212

  Bleyer, Archie ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MELANOMA; MOUTH CANCER; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OSTEOSARCOMA; OVARY CANCER; PHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; STOMACH CANCER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TESTIS CANCER; THYROID CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 65549084242     PISSN: 00937754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.seminoncol.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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