Pathways to the diagnosis of epithelial ovarian cancer in Australia

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 193, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 326-330

  Jordan, Susan J ^a,b   Francis, Jane E ^c   Nelson, Anne E ^c   Zorbas, Helen M ^c   Luxford, Karen A ^c   Webb, Penelope M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL MASS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACKACHE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; OVARY CANCER; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; TELEPHONE; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; VAGINA BLEEDING; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PATIENT REFERRAL; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; ODDS RATIO; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 77957675253     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03942.x     Document Type: Article

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