Risk factors for delay in symptomatic presentation: A survey of cancer patients

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 581-588

  Forbes, L J L ^a   Warburton, F ^a   Richards, M A ^b,c   Ramirez, A J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Portland House   (United Kingdom)

^c CARE QUALITY COMMISSION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER PATIENT; DEFECATION HABIT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; LOSS OF APPETITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MOUTH CANCER; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84905233564     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2014.304     Document Type: Article

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