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ArticleThe British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners2022

Trends and variation in urgent referrals for suspected cancer 2009/2010-2019/2020.

Lesley Smith, Nigel Sansom, Scott Hemphill, Stephen H Bradley, Bethany Shinkins, Pete Wheatstone, Willie Hamilton, Richard D Neal

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Article in The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Compliance and Effectiveness of the Scottish Referral Guidelines for Suspected Head and Neck Cancer: A Comparative Audit of 7088 Referrals.Clinical otolaryngology : official journal of ENT-UK ; official journal of Netherlands Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology & Cervico-Facial Surgery · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Lesley SmithDivision of Primary Care, Public Health & Palliative Care, Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds; Leeds Centre for Personalised Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Leeds.
Nigel SansomPinPoint Data Science Ltd.
Scott HemphillDivision of Primary Care, Public Health & Palliative Care, Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds.
Stephen H BradleyDivision of Primary Care, Public Health & Palliative Care, Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds.
Bethany ShinkinsTest Evaluation Group, Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds.
Pete WheatstoneLeeds.
Willie HamiltonUniversity of Exeter, Exeter.
Richard D NealDivision of Primary Care, Public Health & Palliative Care, Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds; University of Exeter, Exeter.

Funding

Cancer Research UK C8640/A23385
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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NeoplasmsReferral and ConsultationHumansTime Factors

Identifiers

PMID34972804
PMCPMC8714520

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