Factors associated with delays to medical assessment and diagnosis for patients with colorectal cancer

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Tomlinson, Corey ^a   Wong, Clarence ^a   Au, Heather Jane ^a   Schiller, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE DURATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT REFERRAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 84867352076     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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