Impact of comorbidity and healthcare utilization on colorectal cancer stage at diagnosis: Literature review

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 213-220

  Corkum, Mark ^a,b   Urquhart, Robin ^b   Kendell, Cynthia ^b   Burge, Fred ^a,c   Porter, Geoffrey ^a,b,c   Johnston, Grace ^a,d  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Cancer Outcomes Research Program   (Canada)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^d Surveillance and Epidemiology Unit   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colorectal neoplasms; Diagnosis; Epidemiologic factors; Neoplasm staging

Indexed keywords

CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMORBIDITY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 84856693787     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-011-9875-8     Document Type: Review

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