ArticleThe British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners2018
The elusive diagnosis of cancer: testing times.
Article in The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Piloting a Clinical Decision Support System for Unintended Weight Loss in Primary Care: Mixed Methods Study on Early Cancer Detection.JMIR cancer · 2026Article
- Prioritising primary care patients with unexpected weight loss for cancer investigation: diagnostic accuracy study (update).BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2024Article
- BLOod Test Trend for cancEr Detection (BLOTTED): protocol for an observational and prediction model development study using English primary care electronic health record data.Diagnostic and prognostic research · 2023Article
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- GPs' use of gut feelings when assessing cancer risk: a qualitative study in UK primary care.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2021Article
- RETRACTED: Prioritising primary care patients with unexpected weight loss for cancer investigation: diagnostic accuracy study.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2020Article
- The association between unexpected weight loss and cancer diagnosis in primary care: a matched cohort analysis of 65,000 presentations.British journal of cancer · 2020Article
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