Delay in diagnosis and referral patterns of 646 patients with oral and maxillofacial cancer: A report from a single institution in Hamburg, Germany

Anticancer Research

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1833-1836

  Friedrich, Reinhard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Delay and referral; Maxillofacial cancer; Oral cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANCER GRADING; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL CANCER; MOUTH CANCER; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGERY, ORAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77954605039     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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