The 2-week wait service: A UK tertiary colorectal centre's experience in the early identification of colorectal cancer

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1408-1414

  Patel, Rikesh K ^a   Sayers, Adele E ^a   Seedat, Shahid ^a   Altayeb, Talal ^a   Hunter, Iain A ^a  

^a CASTLE HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2 week wait; Cancer; Colorectal; Referral

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEFECATION HABIT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RECTUM TUMOR; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TWO WEEK WAIT SERVICE; VERY ELDERLY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSTIC USE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDS; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

BARIUM SULFATE; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BARIUM SULFATE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927697747     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: 14735687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0000000000000206     Document Type: Article

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