Determining patient and primary care delay in the diagnosis of cancer – lessons from a pilot study of patients referred for suspected cancer

BACKGROUND: There is no validated way of measuring diagnostic delay in cancer, especially covering patient and primary care delays. An instrument is needed in order to determine the effect of potential interventions to reduce delay and improve cancer morbidity and mortality. METHODS: Development of...

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Autores principales: Neal, Richard D, Pasterfield, Diana, Wilkinson, Clare, Hood, Kerenza, Makin, Matthew, Lawrence, Helen
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2259302/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18234092
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-9-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2259302/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18234092
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-9-9

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