title: [Causes of late diagnosis of nasopharyngeal cancer].
abstract: 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.
authors: B M
authors: BM
authors: Aliev
authors: T P
authors: TP
authors: Chuprik-Malinovskaia
mesh_terms: 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
vernacular_title: Prichiny pozdneĭ diagnostiki raka nosoglotki.