Straight to colonoscopy: The ideal patient pathway for the 2-week suspected cancer referrals?

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 114-119

  Beggs, Andrew D ^a   Bhate, Ravinda D ^a   Irukulla, Shashi ^a   Achiek, Mayen ^a   Abulafi, A Muti ^a  

^a MAYDAY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Straight to test; Urgent suspected cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMICS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 79952474346     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588411X12851639107917     Document Type: Article

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