Diagnostic and health service pathways to diagnosis of cancer-registry notified cancer of unknown primary site (CUP).
BACKGROUND:Cancer of unknown primary (CUP) is a late-stage malignancy with poor prognosis, but we know little about what diagnostic tests and procedures people with CUP receive prior to diagnosis. The purpose of this study was to determine how health service utilisation prior to diagnosis for people...
Main Authors: | Andrea L Schaffer, Sallie-Anne Pearson, Oscar Perez-Concha, Timothy Dobbins, Robyn L Ward, Marina T van Leeuwen, Joel J Rhee, Maarit A Laaksonen, Glynis Craigen, Claire M Vajdic |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2020-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0230373 |
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