Measures of promptness of cancer diagnosis in primary care: secondary analysis of national audit data on patients with 18 common and rarer cancers.

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Published in Br J Cancer on February 07, 2013

Authors

G Lyratzopoulos1, G A Abel, S McPhail, R D Neal, G P Rubin

Author Affiliations

1: Cambridge Centre for Health Services Research, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 0SR, UK. gl290@medschl.cam.ac.uk

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