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Does delay in diagnosing colorectal cancer in symptomatic patients affect tumor stage and survival? A population-based observational study

BACKGROUND: Diagnosing colorectal cancer (CRC) at an early stage improves survival. To what extent any delay affects outcome once patients are symptomatic is still unclear. Our objectives were to evaluate the association between diagnostic delay and survival in symptomatic patients with early stage...

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Autores principales: Terhaar sive Droste, Jochim S, Oort, Frank A, van der Hulst, René WM, Coupé, Veerle MH, Craanen, Mike E, Meijer, Gerrit A, Morsink, Linde M, Visser, Otto, van Wanrooij, Roy LJ, Mulder, Chris JJ
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2907342/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20584274
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-10-332