A study on the routes of referral for patients with colorectal cancer and its affect on the time to surgery and pathological stage

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 428-431

  Trickett, J P ^a   Donaldson, D R ^a   Bearn, P E ^a   Scott, H J ^a   Hassall, A C ^a  

^a ASHFORD AND ST PETER'S HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer stage; Colorectal cancer; Referrals; Two week rule

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 8844274834     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2004.00665.x     Document Type: Article

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