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Patient-reported measurement of time to diagnosis in cancer: development of the Cancer Symptom Interval Measure (C-SIM) and randomised controlled trial of method of delivery

BACKGROUND: The duration between first symptom and a cancer diagnosis is important because, if shortened, may lead to earlier stage diagnosis and improved cancer outcomes. We have previously developed a tool to measure this duration in newly-diagnosed patients. In this two-phase study, we aimed furt...

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Autores principales: Neal, Richard D, Nafees, Sadia, Pasterfield, Diana, Hood, Kerenza, Hendry, Maggie, Gollins, Simon, Makin, Matthew, Stuart, Nick, Turner, Jim, Carter, Ben, Wilkinson, Clare, Williams, Nefyn, Robling, Mike
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3922822/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24387663
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-14-3