Psychiatric illness delays diagnosis of esophageal cancer
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Psychiatric illness delays diagnosis of esophageal cancer.
Evidence suggests that patients with psychiatric illnesses may be more likely to experience a delay in diagnosis of coexisting cancer. The association between psychiatric illness and timely diagnosis and survival in patients with esophageal cancer has not been studied. The specific aim of this retrospective cohort study was to determine the impact of coexisting psychiatric illness on time to di...
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عنوان ژورنال: Diseases of the Esophagus
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1120-8694,1442-2050
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2007.00790.x