Emergency admissions of cancer as a marker of diagnostic delay

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 107, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1205-1206

  Hamilton, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LEUKEMIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES;

EID: 84867346481     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2012.423     Document Type: Editorial

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