Diagnostic delays in laryngeal carcinoma
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Heikki Teppo; Petri Koivunen; Kalevi Hyrynkangas; Olli-Pekka Alho
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Article
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2003
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract ## Background. Clinical stage at the time of diagnosis is the most important determinant of prognosis in cancers of the head and neck. Accordingly, delay in diagnosis could worsen survival in laryngeal cancer, although this hypothesis has not been verified in previous studies. ## Meth