Delays in diagnosis of young females with symptomatic cervical cancer in England: An interview-based study

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 64, Issue 627, 2014, Pages e602-e610

  Lim, Anita W ^a   Ramirez, Amanda J ^a   Hamilton, William ^b   Sasieni, Peter ^c   Patnick, Julietta ^d   Forbes, Lindsay J L ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Delays; Early diagnosis; Symptoms; Young females

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; BLEEDING; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COLPOSCOPY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISEASE DURATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; METRORRHAGIA; POSTCOITAL BLEEDING; REVIEW; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS BIOPSY; VAGINA BLEEDING; VAGINA DISCHARGE; ANAMNESIS; CHECKLIST; COMPLICATION; DYSPAREUNIA; GYNECOLOGY; INTERVIEW; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; VAGINAL DISCHARGE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; CHECKLIST; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DYSPAREUNIA; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; SECONDARY CARE; TIME FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; VAGINAL DISCHARGE;

EID: 84907535771     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: 14785242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp14X681757     Document Type: Review

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