Diagnostic delay experienced among gynecological cancer patients: A nationwide survey in Denmark

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 685-692

  Robinson, Kirstine M ^a   Ottesen, Bent ^b   Christensen, Karl Bang ^c   Krasnik, Allan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cancer; Diagnostic delay; Gynecology; Oncology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DENMARK; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 66149136866     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340902971482     Document Type: Article

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