Referral letters for 2-week wait suspected colorectal cancer do not allow a 'straight-to-test' pathway

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 106-109

  Aljarabah, M M ^a   Borley, N R ^a   Goodman, A J ^a   Wheeler, J M D ^a  

^a CHELTENHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Two week wait rule

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649771560     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588409X359114     Document Type: Article

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