A population-based study of factors associated with early versus late stage oral cavity cancer diagnoses

Oral Oncology

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 642-647

  Groome, Patti A ^a   Rohland, Susan L ^a   Hall, Stephen F ^a   Irish, Jon ^b   MacKillop, William J ^a   O'Sullivan, Brian ^c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Delayed diagnosis; Delivery of health care; Early diagnosis; Health services accessibility; Mouth neoplasms; Retrospective studies; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; COMORBIDITY; DENTAL HEALTH; DIVORCE; EARLY CANCER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOUTH CANCER; PATIENT REFERRAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH FLOOR; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; ONTARIO; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 79959718238     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: 18790593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2011.04.018     Document Type: Article

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