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October 13, 2015British Journal of Cancer134 citationsOpen Access

The impact of patient comorbidity on cancer stage at diagnosis

JGJason GurneyDSDiana SarfatiJSJames Stanley

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Patient comorbidity has a substantial impact on cancer stage at diagnosis; however, this impact varies considerably by cancer type, individual comorbid condition and overall comorbidity burden.

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Gurney et al. (2015) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69df2c123b0ba53fb37a1d5bhttps://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2015.355
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