Time to Endoscopy in Patients with Colorectal Cancer: Analysis of Wait-Times
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Time to Endoscopy in Patients with Colorectal Cancer: Analysis of Wait-Times
Objective. The Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Wait Time Consensus Group recommends that patients with symptoms associated with colorectal cancer (CRC) should have an endoscopic examination within 2 months. However, in a recent survey of Canadian gastroenterologists, wait-times for endoscopy were considerably longer than the current guidelines recommend. The purpose of this study was t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2291-2789,2291-2797
DOI: 10.1155/2016/8714587