The impact of the two-week wait rule on the diagnosis management of bladder cancer in a single UK institution

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 46-50

  Blick, Christopher ^a   Bailey, David ^a   Haldar, Neil ^a   Bdesha, Amarjit ^a   Kelleher, John ^a   Muneer, Asif ^b  

^a WYCOMBE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bladder cancer; Diagnosis; Two week wait rule

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER TUMOR; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 77949877879     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588410X12518836440207     Document Type: Article

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