Determinants of patient's and doctor's delay in diagnosis and treatment of colorectal cancer

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1056-1063

  Van Hout, Afke M G H ^a   De Wit, Niek J ^a   Rutten, Frans H ^a   Peeters, Petra H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

colorectal cancer; doctor's delay; general practice; patient's delay

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; CONSULTATION; DISEASE DURATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL DISEASE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THERAPY DELAY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80053652604     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: 14735687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e32834c4839     Document Type: Article

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