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Bowel cancer in the Bay: Moving on from disappointing findings

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Bowel cancer in the Bay: Moving on from disappointing findings

Friday 8 March 2019, 12:03 PM
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Long waits for a cancer diagnosis were found in a Bay of Plenty audit
The audit confirmed our concerns that there are long delays for a significant number of patients Bay of Plenty GPs have improved referrals of pa
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Yee A, Linton T, Lee M-S, et al. The factors that lead to a delay between general practitioner referral of symptomatic patients and specialist diagnosis of colorectal cancer: an audit in the Bay of Plenty District Health Board. NZ Med J 2019, 132,1498
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