Patient-related delay in presentation for cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma. A cross-sectional clinical study

Onkologie(Czech Republic)

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 738-744

  Kakagia, Despoina ^a   Trypsiannis, Gregory ^a   Karanikas, Michael ^a   Mitrakas, Alexandros ^a   Lyratzopoulos, Nikolaos ^a   Polychronidis, Alexandros ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cancer diagnosis; Patient delay; Patients' help seeking; Prognosis; Skin cancer; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN SELF-REFERRAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN CARCINOMA; SKIN DEFECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TOPOGRAPHY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84892400032     PISSN: 0378584X     EISSN: 14230240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000356834     Document Type: Article

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