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ReviewJournal of the National Cancer Institute. Monographs2010

The interface of primary and oncology specialty care: from symptoms to diagnosis.

Larissa Nekhlyudov, Steven Latosinsky

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Review in Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Monographs, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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36citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. A Bibliometric Analysis and Visualization of Decision Support Systems for Healthcare Referral Strategies.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  2. Electronic Trigger-Based Intervention to Reduce Delays in Diagnostic Evaluation for Cancer: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · 2015
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  12. Tissue, Teamwork, and Timing: an Exercise in Clinical Reasoning.Journal of general internal medicine · 2021
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  16. Bridging the gap between care: is speed dating the answer?The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2020
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  20. Chemotherapy treatment decision-making experiences of older adults with cancer, their family members, oncologists and family physicians: a mixed methods study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Larissa NekhlyudovDepartment of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 133 Brookline Ave, 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02215, USA. larissa_nekhlyudov@vmed.org
Steven Latosinsky

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Symptomatic individuals presenting to their primary care providers may need further evaluation and/or testing to determine whether a cancer is present. A number of issues arise in determining who needs further testing, what tests are needed, which specialists need to be involved, and how the testing can be organized and supported within a specific health-care system within a timely, coordinated, and cost-efficient manner. This article explores the challenges in the interface of primary care providers and specialists, includes evidence from prior research, and proposes research opportunities to understand and improve this phase of care.

Indexed as

Interdisciplinary CommunicationMedical OncologyPatient Care ManagementPrimary Health CareAttitude of Health PersonnelDelayed DiagnosisDelivery of Health CareDisease ManagementEarly Detection of CancerFemaleForecastingGuideline AdherenceHealth Services ResearchHumansInterprofessional RelationsMale

Identifiers

PMID20386049
PMCPMC3482946

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