Does emergency presentation of cancer represent poor performance in primary care? Insights from a novel analysis of linked primary and secondary care data

BACKGROUND: People diagnosed with cancer following emergency presentation have poorer short-term survival. To what extent this signifies a missed opportunity for earlier diagnosis in primary care remains unclear as little detailed data exist on the patient/general practitioner interaction beforehand...

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Autores principales: Murchie, Peter, Smith, Sarah M, Yule, Michael S, Adam, Rosalind, Turner, Melanie E, Lee, Amanda J, Fielding, Shona
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2017
Materias:
Clinical Study
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5418447/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28334728
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2017.71

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5418447/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28334728
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2017.71

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