Diagnostic intervals before and after implementation of cancer patient pathways - a GP survey and registry based comparison of three cohorts of cancer patients

BMC Cancer

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Jensen, Henry ^a   Tørring, Marie Louise ^a   Olesen, Frede ^a   Overgaard, Jens ^b   Fenger Grøn, Morten ^a   Vedsted, Peter ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

(early) diagnosis; Cancer; Cohort; Denmark; Diagnostic interval; Primary care; Urgent referral

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84928559427     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12885-015-1317-7     Document Type: Article

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