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The Effect of Older Age and Frailty on the Time to Diagnosis of Cancer: A Connected Bradford Electronic Health Records Study

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Over 60% of cancer diagnoses in the United Kingdom (UK) are in patients aged 65 and over. It can be more complicated to identify and diagnose cancer in older people due to frailty. Frailty means that people are more vulnerable and often take longer to recover from health problems. De...

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Autores principales: Summerfield, Charlotte, Smith, Lesley, Todd, Oliver, Renzi, Cristina, Lyratzopoulos, Georgios, Neal, Richard D., Jones, Daniel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9688630/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36428757
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers14225666