Why so late?! - Delay in treatment of colorectal cancer is socially determined

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 395, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1017-1024

  Langenbach, Mike Ralf ^a,b   Sauerland, Stefan ^a   Kröbel, Karl Wilhelm ^a   Zirngibl, Hubert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^b HELIOS St Elisabeth Klinik   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colorectal neoplasm; Health services accessibility; Referral and consultation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; COLON RESECTION; COLON TUMOR; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECTUM TUMOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; COLECTOMY; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 79952850947     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: 14352451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-010-0664-8     Document Type: Article

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