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Time intervals from first symptom to treatment of cancer: a cohort study of 2,212 newly diagnosed cancer patients

BACKGROUND: Delay in diagnosis of cancer may worsen prognosis. The aim of this study is to explore patient-, general practitioner (GP)- and system-related delay in the interval from first cancer symptom to diagnosis and treatment, and to analyse the extent to which delays differ by cancer type. METH...

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Autores principales: Hansen, Rikke P, Vedsted, Peter, Sokolowski, Ineta, Søndergaard, Jens, Olesen, Frede
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3217887/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22027084
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-11-284