A systematic review of time to diagnosis in children and young adults with cancer

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 349-355

  Lethaby, Christopher David ^a,b   Picton, Susan ^a   Kinsey, Sally E ^a,b   Phillips, R ^a   Van Laar, Marlous ^b   Feltbower, Richard G ^b  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULTHOOD; BRAIN LYMPHOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILDHOOD; COCHRANE LIBRARY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMBASE; EWING SARCOMA; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; KIDNEY TUMOR; LEUKEMIA; LIVER TUMOR; MEDLINE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLE CANCER; NEOPLASM; NOMENCLATURE; OSTEOSARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOBLASTOMA; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TIME; TIME TO DIAGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876281748     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2012-303034     Document Type: Review

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