Delays in treating endometrial cancer in the South West of England

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 104, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1836-1839

  Johnson, N ^a   Miles, T ^a   Bailey, D ^b   Tylko Hill, K ^c   Das, N ^d   Ahson, G ^e   Waring, K ^f   Acheson, N ^g   Voss, M ^h   Gordon, J ⁱ   Keates Porter, S ^f   Hughes, G ^j   Golby, S ^k   Fort, E ^l   Newton, L ^m   Nallaswamy, V ⁿ   Murdoch, J ^f   Anderson, R ^b,f  

^a ROYAL UNITED HOSPITALS BATH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Grosvenor House ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c Macmillan CancerVOICE   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e POOLE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^h GLOUCESTERSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ NORTHERN DEVON HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^j PLYMOUTH HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^k TAUNTON AND SOMERSET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^l YEOVIL DISTRICT HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^m DORSET COUNTY HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ TORBAY AND SOUTH DEVON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

avoidable deaths; cancer awareness; delay; early diagnosis; early presentation; endometrial cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THERAPY DELAY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79958141549     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2011.173     Document Type: Article

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