Low cancer suspicion following experience of a cancer 'warning sign'

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 51, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 2473-2479

  Whitaker, Katriina L ^a   Winstanley, Kelly ^b   Macleod, Una ^c   Scott, Suzanne E ^d   Wardle, Jane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Delayed diagnosis; Signs and symptoms; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSPICION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANCER STAGING; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPLICATION; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTOR;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84943659134     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: 18790852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2015.07.014     Document Type: Article

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