Do differences in clinical symptoms and referral patterns contribute to the gender gap in bladder cancer?

BJU International

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 68-73

  Henning, Armin ^a   Wehrberger, Marlies ^a   Madersbacher, Stephan ^a   Pycha, Armin ^c   Martini, Thomas ^c   Comploj, Evi ^c   Jeschke, Klaus ^b   Tripolt, Christian ^b   Rauchenwald, Michael ^a  

^a Donauspital ^*  (Austria)

^b GENERAL HOSPITAL KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^c Medical Direction   (Italy)

Author keywords

bladder cancer; clinical symptoms; gender; referral patterns

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTALGIA; DYSURIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOCTURIA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY URGENCY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRIA; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; CYSTECTOMY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84879091802     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2012.11661.x     Document Type: Article

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