Audit of two-week rule referrals for suspected testicular cancer in Cornwall, 2003-2005

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 239-244

  Kumaraswamy, Prakash ^a   Cox, Robert ^a   O'Roubke, John S ^a   Willis, Robert G ^a  

^a ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Testes; Tumour; Two week referral

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; STATISTICS; TESTIS TUMOR; TIME; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649383569     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588409X391866     Document Type: Article

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