The size of the prize for earlier diagnosis of cancer in England

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 101, Issue , 2009, Pages S125-S129

  Richards, M A ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avoidable deaths; Breast cancer; Colorectal cancer; Late diagnosis; Lung cancer

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

AWARENESS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 72949122122     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605402     Document Type: Article

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