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dc.contributor.authorHamilton, W
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-12T14:00:12Z
dc.date.issued2010-02
dc.description.abstractAround a quarter of those in the developed world die of cancer. Most cancers present to primary care with symptoms, even when there is a screening test for the particular cancer. However, the symptoms of cancer are also symptoms of benign disease, and the GP has to judge whether cancer is a possible explanation. Very little research examined this process until relatively recently. This review paper examines the process of primary care diagnosis, especially the selection of patients for rapid investigation. It concentrates on the four commonest UK cancers: breast, lung, colon, and prostate as these have been the subject of most recent studies.en_GB
dc.identifier.citationVol. 60, pp. 121 - 128en_GB
dc.identifier.doi10.3399/bjgp10X483175
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10871/22527
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherRoyal College of General Practitionersen_GB
dc.relation.urlhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20132704en_GB
dc.rights.embargoreasonUnder indefinite embargo due to publisher policy. The final version is freely available from the publisher via the DOI in this record.en_GB
dc.subjectAdulten_GB
dc.subjectBreast Neoplasmsen_GB
dc.subjectColonic Neoplasmsen_GB
dc.subjectEarly Detection of Canceren_GB
dc.subjectFamily Practiceen_GB
dc.subjectFemaleen_GB
dc.subjectHumansen_GB
dc.subjectLung Neoplasmsen_GB
dc.subjectMaleen_GB
dc.subjectMiddle Ageden_GB
dc.subjectNeoplasmsen_GB
dc.subjectOvarian Neoplasmsen_GB
dc.subjectPhysician's Roleen_GB
dc.subjectProstatic Neoplasmsen_GB
dc.titleCancer diagnosis in primary careen_GB
dc.typeArticleen_GB
dc.identifier.issn0960-1643
exeter.place-of-publicationEnglanden_GB
dc.identifier.journalBritish Journal of General Practiceen_GB
dc.identifier.pmcidPMC2814263
dc.identifier.pmid20132704


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