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Delay in referral of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma to secondary care correlates with a more advanced stage at presentation, and is associated with poorer survival
Squamous carcinoma of the oropharynx presents with symptoms common to many benign diseases, and this can cause delay in referral to secondary care. We investigate delay in referral, defining this as the time from symptom-onset to date of general practitioners referral letter to secondary care, and t...
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Nature Publishing Group
2006
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2361226/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16552440 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6603044 |