[Causes of late diagnosis of nasopharyngeal cancer].
By the onset of specific therapy of 240 patients with nasopharyngeal cancer 96.6% of them were in stage III (20%) and stage IV (76.6%) of the disease. The causes of delayed diagnosis and therapy included inadequate oncology concern of out-patient physicians, careless attitude of most patients towards their own health condition, low quality of physical examinations and limited diagnostic facilities.
Aliev
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Chuprik-Malinovskaia
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D013997:Time Factors
Prichiny pozdneĭ diagnostiki raka nosoglotki.