Assessing patients at risk of symptomatic-but-as-yet-undiagnosed cancer in primary care using information from patient records
Open Access
- 15 April 2020
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in British Journal of Cancer
- Vol. 122 (12), 1729-1731
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-020-0828-4
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.Keywords
Funding Information
- Cancer Research UK (C8640/A23385)
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