Reasons for delayed presentation in oral and oropharyngeal cancer: The patients perspective

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 349-353

  Rogers, Simon N ^a,b   Vedpathak, Shreya V ^c   Lowe, Derek ^a,b  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL AND BROADGREEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Awareness; Cancer; Mouth neoplasms; Oral cancer; Survey

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CONSULTATION; DENTIST; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAW PAIN; LARYNX CANCER; LETHARGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; MOUTH PAIN; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OROPHARYNX CANCER; OTALGIA; PHARYNX CANCER; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SORE THROAT; SWELLING; TONGUE CANCER; ULCER; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICATION; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DENTISTS; FEMALE; GLOSSITIS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; ORAL ULCER; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENTS; PHARYNGITIS; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF MEDICATION;

EID: 79959313672     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: 15321940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2010.06.018     Document Type: Article

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