Reasons for delays in diagnosis of anal cancer and the effect on patient satisfaction

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2015, Pages e509-e516

  Chiu, Sharon ^a   Joseph, Kurian ^a,b   Ghosh, Sunita ^a   Cornand, Rose Marie ^a   Schiller, Dan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANUS CANCER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HEMORRHOID; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; ALBERTA; ANUS NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; HEMORRHOIDS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBERTA; ANUS NEOPLASMS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEMORRHOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84947760332     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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