Assessing patients at risk of symptomatic-but-as-yet-undiagnosed cancer in primary care using information from patient records

Georgios Lyratzopoulos; Gary A Abel

doi:10.1038/s41416-020-0828-4

Assessing patients at risk of symptomatic-but-as-yet-undiagnosed cancer in primary care using information from patient records

Br J Cancer. 2020 Jun;122(12):1729-1731. doi: 10.1038/s41416-020-0828-4. Epub 2020 Apr 15.

Authors

Georgios Lyratzopoulos¹, Gary A Abel²

Affiliations

¹ Epidemiology of Cancer Healthcare and Outcomes (ECHO) Group, Department of Behavioural Science and Health, Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care, University College London, 1-19 Torrington Place, London, WC1E 7HB, UK. y.lyratzopoulos@ucl.ac.uk.
² University of Exeter Medical School, Smeall Building, St. Luke's Campus, Exeter, EX1 2 LU, UK.

Abstract

Evidence arising from primary care electronic health records can help to assess the risk of symptomatic-but-as-yet-undiagnosed cancer. Existing evidence and methodological innovations in this field of study hold further promise for improving the diagnostic process and achieving earlier diagnosis in cancer patients.

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Electronic Health Records*
Humans
Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Neoplasms / epidemiology
Primary Health Care*

Abstract

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