Diagnostic delay and disease stage in head and neck cancer: A systematic review

Laryngoscope

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 889-898

  Goy, Jennifer ^a   Hall, Stephen F ^a   Feldman Stewart, Deb ^a   Groome, Patti A ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diagnostic delay; Disease stage; Head and neck cancers; Patient related delay; Provider delay

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STAGING; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; MOUTH CANCER; PHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; REVIEW; TIME;

HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 66349105936     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.20185     Document Type: Article

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