Hall J, Hare J, Douglas M
Med J Aust. 1977 Jul 9;2(2):61-2. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1977.tb99028.x.
All patients with adenocarcinoma of the colon treated surgically at the Austin Hospital over a five-year period were reviewed to determine the relevance of anaemia in diagnosis. It was found that one-fifth of the patients presented with symptoms of anaemia to the doctor of first contact, and of these, one-third had an unwarranted delay in diagnosis (mean delay 13 months).
对奥斯汀医院五年内接受手术治疗的所有结肠癌患者进行了回顾性研究,以确定贫血在诊断中的相关性。结果发现,五分之一的患者在首次就诊时就向医生表现出贫血症状,其中三分之一的患者在诊断上出现了不必要的延迟(平均延迟13个月)。