Recognition of cancer warning signs and anticipated delay in help-seeking in a population sample of adults in the UK

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 12-18

  Quaife, S L ^a   Forbes, L J L ^b   Ramirez, A J ^b   Brain, K E ^c   Donnelly, C ^d   Simon, A E ^e   Wardle, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anticipated delay; awareness; help seeking; symptom recognition; warning signs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER WARNING SIGN; COLORECTAL CANCER; COUGHING; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SAMPLE SIZE; SYMPTOM; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84891878864     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2013.684     Document Type: Article

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