Emergency presentation of cancer and short-term mortality

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 109, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2027-2034

  Mcphail, S ^a   Elliss Brookes, L ^a   Shelton, J ^a   Ives, A ^b   Greenslade, M ^b   Vernon, S ^b   Morris, E J A ^c   Richards, M ^d  

^a Portland House   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

diagnosis; emergency; pathways; referral; route; survival

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; CHILD; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EMERGENCIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885918604     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2013.569     Document Type: Article

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