Sarcoma
Volume 2008 (2008), Article ID 378574, 7 pages
doi:10.1155/2008/378574
Clinical Study

Delays in Referral of Soft Tissue Sarcomas

G. D. Johnson,1 G. Smith,1 A. Dramis,2 and R. J. Grimer2

1Department of Medicine, Medical School, University of Birmingham, 33 Holloway, Northfield, Birmingham B31 1TP, UK
2Department of Orthopaedic Oncology, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham, Bristol Road South, Northfield, Birmingham B31 2AP, UK

Received 2 November 2006; Accepted 30 October 2007

Academic Editor: Martin H. Robinson

Copyright © 2008 G. D. Johnson et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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