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. 2002 Jul 27;325(7357):196.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7357.196.

The waiting time paradox: population based retrospective study of treatment delay and survival of women with endometrial cancer in Scotland

Simon C Crawford  1 , Jonathan A Davis, Nadeem A Siddiqui, Linda de Caestecker, Charles R Gillis, David Hole, Gillian Penney
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The waiting time paradox: population based retrospective study of treatment delay and survival of women with endometrial cancer in Scotland

Simon C Crawford et al. BMJ. .
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