Gender differences in survival and the use of primary care prior to diagnosis of three cancers: An analysis of routinely collected UK general practice data

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Wang, Yingying ^a   Freemantle, Nick ^b   Nazareth, Irwin ^b   Hunt, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONSULTATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84904188442     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101562     Document Type: Article

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